German Engineering

[sjfcontrol]

How to trim grass along the highway, and other tasks...

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=L3j6HaAieEU[/youtube]

[gthaustex]

Neat machines....

[jimlongley]

We used to have a decent substitute for those that cost a lot less, Chain Gangs!

[Keith B]

We used to have a decent substitute for those that cost a lot less, Chain Gangs!

Yeah, but those were painted orange, not red.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

[url][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffQDWKRtqM/url]

The above link is to a 15 second video of another form of German engineering (Brewski edition). :-)

SIA

[The Annoyed Man]

How to trim grass along the highway, and other tasks...

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=L3j6HaAieEU[/youtube]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOZ!

I tried to watch the video, and an error message came up. So I clicked to open it in YouTube's site and here's what came up:

500 Internal Server Error

Sorry, something went wrong.

A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation.

If you see them, show them this information:

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[sjfcontrol]

works when I click on it...

[Syntyr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqZO-xURLqc

More German Engineering

EDIT - Change Herman to German - DOHHHH Silly little phone screen!

[jmra]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=tffQDWKRtqM[/youtube]

The above link is to a 15 second video of another form of German engineering (Brewski edition). :-)

SIA

Nice.

[jmra]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqZO-xURLqc[/youtube]

More Herman Engineering

Cool.

[jimlongley]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqZO-xURLqc[/youtube]

More Herman Engineering

Cool.

Sawing at the wheel too much.

[The Annoyed Man]

works when I click on it...

Yeah, it does now. But YouTube was having some kind of server issue at 2:30 this morning when I tried to watch it.

[The Annoyed Man]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqZO-xURLqc[/youtube]

More Herman Engineering

Cool.

Sawing at the wheel too much.

Rear engine Porsches are famous for being tail happy at the outer performance limits, and that sawing at the wheel is what it takes in those particular cars to keep reeling the back end back into line. Other cars do it too, but the weight of the rear engine, a large part of which is aft of the rear axle, makes the tendency more pronounced than in mid-engine or front-engine cars. Front-engine cars tend to understeer and push the front end, and so you have to deliberately spin the back tires to get the back end crossed up and stepped out a little bit to tighten up the turn. Mid-engine cars tend to be perfectly balanced. Rear engine cars tend to oversteer and lose the rear end easily, and so you're in a constant state of countersteering at the limits to offset the rear swinging out. The problem is that countersteering demands even more throttle application to keep the back end tracking outside the countersteered front end, and then while you're under throttle, the front end gets light and starts to push, which in turn requires more tail antics and aggressive steering techniques. So Porsches are known to produce these long lurid slides in which the driver is constantly sawing back and forth between countersteering and oversteering to keep back end tracking and the weight balanced between front and rear.

You tend not to see it as much during an actual race because racing in traffic causes speeds to drop a bit as there is less room to maneuver in, and the drivers get more cautious in order avoid collisions. But on an open track day in perfect weather like in this video, with no other cars in the way, the driver can use the track edge to edge, and cornering speeds are a lot higher......hence the long smokey slides. The same driver in the same conditions in a different car would likely produce less drama.

[Jumping Frog]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqZO-xURLqc[/youtube]

More Herman Engineering

Cool.

Sawing at the wheel too much.

Rear engine Porsches are famous for being tail happy at the outer performance limits, and that sawing at the wheel is what it takes in those particular cars to keep reeling the back end back into line. Other cars do it too, but the weight of the rear engine, a large part of which is aft of the rear axle, makes the tendency more pronounced than in mid-engine or front-engine cars. Front-engine cars tend to understeer and push the front end, and so you have to deliberately spin the back tires to get the back end crossed up and stepped out a little bit to tighten up the turn. Mid-engine cars tend to be perfectly balanced. Rear engine cars tend to oversteer and lose the rear end easily, and so you're in a constant state of countersteering at the limits to offset the rear swinging out. The problem is that countersteering demands even more throttle application to keep the back end tracking outside the countersteered front end, and then while you're under throttle, the front end gets light and starts to push, which in turn requires more tail antics and aggressive steering techniques. So Porsches are known to produce these long lurid slides in which the driver is constantly sawing back and forth between countersteering and oversteering to keep back end tracking and the weight balanced between front and rear.

You tend not to see it as much during an actual race because racing in traffic causes speeds to drop a bit as there is less room to maneuver in, and the drivers get more cautious in order avoid collisions. But on an open track day in perfect weather like in this video, with no other cars in the way, the driver can use the track edge to edge, and cornering speeds are a lot higher......hence the long smokey slides. The same driver in the same conditions in a different car would likely produce less drama.

Remember reading about 30 years ago an article in one of the car mags. Made the point that CA had the most Porsches of any states, and since the majority of them were purchased by doctors, dentists, and lawyers who had no clue how to handle tail-heavy oversteer, fully 70% of them had crashed going backwards.

[Syntyr]

Rear engine Porsches are famous for being tail happy at the outer performance limits, and that sawing at the wheel is what it takes in those particular cars to keep reeling the back end back into line. Other cars do it too, but the weight of the rear engine, a large part of which is aft of the rear axle, makes the tendency more pronounced than in mid-engine or front-engine cars. Front-engine cars tend to understeer and push the front end, and so you have to deliberately spin the back tires to get the back end crossed up and stepped out a little bit to tighten up the turn. Mid-engine cars tend to be perfectly balanced. Rear engine cars tend to oversteer and lose the rear end easily, and so you're in a constant state of countersteering at the limits to offset the rear swinging out. The problem is that countersteering demands even more throttle application to keep the back end tracking outside the countersteered front end, and then while you're under throttle, the front end gets light and starts to push, which in turn requires more tail antics and aggressive steering techniques. So Porsches are known to produce these long lurid slides in which the driver is constantly sawing back and forth between countersteering and oversteering to keep back end tracking and the weight balanced between front and rear.

Well played! Better description than I have ever given regarding this! Well Played!