Flying cars

[PieterLOL]

Like you see in rally racing ... Full speed over the hill and car is airborne. I assume this requires some kind of technique as keeping full throttle would make the wheel speed faster than the ground/air speed. Braking seems like a bad idea. Keep revs stable and regain traction with the clutch a good idea?

How is this done? Always looks simple on video but guess it's not.

[Reg Local]

Don't steer while you're airborne!

In fact, its best not to make any inputs at all - similar to driving over black ice, as soon as your wheels make contact with the road, they'll grip and go in the direction you've pointed them. So best to make minimal or no inputs until you're back on the ground again.

This is advice for road driving only - I remember watching a video with Colin McRae in which he demonstrated different techniques for dealing with jumps on a rally stage. A lift of the throttle or dab of the brakes on the approach to a jump gave a lower trajectory and a front-wheel landing. A full-throttle approach gave a longer jump and a rear-wheel landing. He also talked about different inputs having different effects whilst airborne. Braking in the air brings the nose down and accelerating tips it up (I think!).

I'll try to find the Youtube link.

ETA here's the link - apologies for the quality but you'll get the idea...

http://youtu.be/dVaqcbBWpI4

Edited by Reg Local on Tuesday 16th February 12:14

[richs2891]

Good youtube clip that (ok quality is not up to much but its very watchable)

[Tony1963]

Cars can react in different ways. The transverse, mid-engined 205T16 was a bit of a handful in the air, according to the works drivers.

Edited by Tony1963 on Thursday 10th March 21:33

[Tony1963]

Cars can react in different ways. The transverse, mid-engined 205T16 was a bit of a handful in the air, according to the works drivers.

Edited by Tony1963 on Thursday 10th March 21:36