Categories: Simple Machines, Gears
Pit Road Speeding Explained
07/27/09 | by diandra ![[mail]](img/envelope.gif)
| Categories: Racing, Penalties, Pit Road, Rear-End Gears, Simple Machines, Gears, Browne, Josh, Indianapolis, Juan Pablo Montoya
| Categories: Racing, Penalties, Pit Road, Rear-End Gears, Simple Machines, Gears, Browne, Josh, Indianapolis, Juan Pablo Montoya The black helicopters were out over Indy on Sunday, or so suggest some Juan Pablo (a.k.a. Juablo)fans. This happens every time someone leading a race (or contending for the lead) gets a pit road penalty.
On This Week in NASCAR, Micheal Waltrip opined… more »
The Scientific Way to Fix the COT
09/09/08 | by diandra | Categories: Engines, Racing, Grey Areas, Gears, Center of Gravity, Aerodynamics, Downforce
| Categories: Engines, Racing, Grey Areas, Gears, Center of Gravity, Aerodynamics, Downforce Congrats! If you're reading this, it means that they turned on the Large Hadron Collider without creating any black holes...yet.
If there's one question I get when I speak it is: "If they were going to design a car from scratch, is the new car really t… more »
The Science of ...Differentials and Rear-End Gears
04/01/08 | by diandra | Categories: Announcements [A], Drivetrain, Differentials, Rear-End Gears, Simple Machines, Gears
| Categories: Announcements [A], Drivetrain, Differentials, Rear-End Gears, Simple Machines, Gears Michael S. Adams asks: "I hear that having the wrong stagger can ruin the handling in the corners, so I would think you must want to have a very limited slip differential. Is that correct or am I way off? How does that affect the car on straightaway… more »
