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  • * [[Camber angle]] * [[Caster angle]]
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  • ...f body (frame) lean, for typical suspension geometry, is positive [[Camber angle|camber]] of the wheels on the outside of the turn and negative on the insid ...un at a higher slip angle, and the outer rear wheel to run at a lower slip angle, which is an understeer effect. Increasing the proportion of roll stiffnes
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  • ...at of the rear, the vehicle is said to be '''understeering'''. If the slip angle of the rear wheels exceeds that of the front, the vehicle is said to be ''' ...mits of their adhesion before the rear tires, and thus will develop larger slip angles. [[Front-wheel drive]] cars are also prone to understeer because not
    10 KB (1,667 words) - 23:41, 7 July 2010
  • ...ith the sport. When the rear [[slip angle]] is greater than the front slip angle, and the front wheels are pointed in the [[opposite lock|opposite direction ...f the 1960s and 1970s lent themselves to driving styles with a high [[slip angle]]. As professional racers in Japan drove this way, so did the street racer
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  • ...of the corner. More generally oversteer is the condition when the [[slip angle]] of the rear tires exceeds that of the front tires. ...ght ahead. Above the critical speed a simple analysis shows that the steer angle must be reversed (counter steering), but this may be an oversimplification,
    8 KB (1,387 words) - 09:32, 7 October 2009
  • ...an be generated between the tire and the ground before the wheel starts to slip. If the total traction under all the driven wheels exceeds the threshold to ...to both driven wheels (unless it is a locking, torque-biasing, or limited slip type).
    12 KB (1,976 words) - 09:04, 8 October 2009
  • ...ling. Some of these are: [[spring rate]], damping, straight ahead [[camber angle]], camber change with wheel travel, roll center height and the flexibility ...t reaching the road surface). Increasing tire pressures reduces their slip angle, but (for given road conditions and loading) there is an optimum pressure f
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  • ...eel speeds although there is no yaw input. The TCL system's standard wheel slip control function enables better traction on slippery surfaces or during cor ...direction (by measuring lateral [[acceleration]], vehicle rotation ([[Yaw angle|yaw]]), and individual road wheel speeds).
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  • ...ensors can become contaminated with metallic dust and fail to detect wheel slip; this is not always picked up by the internal ABS controller diagnostics. ...ABSes, two more sensors are added to help [[ESP]] work: these are a wheel angle sensor, and a gyroscopic sensor. The theory of operation is simple: when th
    11 KB (1,665 words) - 15:06, 2 June 2009
  • Differential = Limited-slip differential | ...1-tread slick tires, and a simpler suspension positioned a bit backward in angle. Ferrari removed the large airflow plates and replaced it with a small one,
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  • Configuration: Longitudinal 6 Speed Manual + Reverse, Limited Slip Differential, RWD<br> Max roll angle: 1.5 degrees<br>
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  • ...28 type A" motor as a basis, a new crossflow [[V6]] engine, with a 60° vee angle and rubber-toothed-belt driven [[twin cam|twin overhead camshafts]] was dev ...using conventional springs, with good wheel geometry control and a limited-slip differential. It is noteworthy that the rear suspension geometry can be fin
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  • ...se the vehicle to handle poorly on turns, fighting the driver as the tires slip and skid from the mismatched speeds. ...er evenly and smoothly, and makes slippage unlikely. However, once it does slip, recovery is difficult. Suppose that the left front wheel slips on an icy p
    35 KB (5,226 words) - 17:47, 27 September 2009
  • ...C also integrates all-speed [[traction control]], which senses drive-wheel slip under acceleration and individually brakes the slipping wheel or wheels, an ...has a tire with low enough [[air pressure]] to affect the steering wheel's angle, the [[yaw rate sensor]] would conflict with the steering wheel sensor. If
    11 KB (1,566 words) - 09:26, 7 October 2009
  • ...which can vary the distribution of torque based on inputs such as steering angle and lateral acceleration.
    8 KB (1,269 words) - 10:36, 15 March 2010
  • | Engine position = [[MR layout|mid-mounted at a 3.5° angle]] | Differential = Limited-slip differential
    11 KB (1,563 words) - 19:21, 28 April 2012
  • ...il springs. [[Air conditioning]] and a [[limited slip differential|limited slip rear differential]] were optional on the later models. ...river's line of sight. The instruments were mounted at a more conventional angle, avoiding the reflections caused by the upward angled flat dash of earlier
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  • ...odate the stresses imposed by the use of artillery. In later use it is the angle between the ship’s side and upper deck. It remained as a structural membe * [[Blockade runner]] A ship whose current business is to slip past a blockade.
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  • ...end more sharply as it rolls on and off the cog, and it also forms a sharp angle at the chain tensioner. See Chapter 9 of "Bicycling Science" (Reference, be ...e one-way street systems, free-right turns, high capacity roundabouts, and slip roads. Other cities may apply active ''traffic restraint'' measures to lim
    53 KB (8,173 words) - 09:32, 25 September 2009