Rear wing design

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mrfxit, Jan 31, 6:17pm
Reverse psychology for a moment .
Wheel standing a motorcycle.

lifting the front suspension is easy (bit of throttle)
lifting the front wheel is a chunk harder (sudden throttle twist)
Holding that wheel stand is a trickybalance (keeping it in the center of balance)
Flipping it over is easy peasy over balance.
Dropping it again is easy peasy over balance

Ok enough of that .

Balance is the key
keeping the total weight in a straight line is the trick.
Once the rear weight center lifts over the fronts center .it adds to the front above the fronts center line.

Stop the back from lifting & the front from dropping.
THEN you can work on the tyres & pressures.

mrfxit, Jan 31, 6:18pm
Only possible problem with lifting the front could be drive shaft angles

morrisman1, Jan 31, 6:26pm
They are fine when the car is jacked up at the front so I reckon they will be fine sitting on slightly higher springs.

saki, Jan 31, 10:01pm
This may sound stupid but go onto a mini forum they have been racing FWD for years and have got it fairly well right, some have big power twincams as well.

smac, Jan 31, 10:22pm
The trouble is, the advice there will be about how to get a mini to stick (or not stick, as the course requires). What's needed here is advice on getting a car that has been fundamentally changed from it's original design back to something resembling a car that handles. The advice relating to minis will be the same as above though: get your corner weights sorted, get your weight transfer sorted, THEN play with tyres and wheels as required by the particular course.

mrfxit, Nov 27, 10:45am
Think of it like this .
What happens when braking hard on a pushbike from (say .) 40kph & you heave on the brakes .

1: standing up
2: sitting down

(Had a fwd unicycle for 30 seconds or so 1 night like that)