| The author: Michael Alexandrov |
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| Assume, that you drive the car good smooth highway. You come a hill, and suddenly see a huge hollow only a few feet forward. You brake so difficultly as you can, and you manage to slow down your car considerably before its forward wheels will amaze a hollow. |
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BUM! BOOOM! HERE STILL! Immediately, you feel, that there is something not so with your car. Slowly you stop to a shoulder and look at the forward wheels. Hm, it is similar, that your forward suspension is damaged...
While you wait for the help, you observe other car, is exact as yours, the same does both model and year, coming nearer to this hollow. Its driver brakes, also. Surprisingly, you hear a sound reved the engine how its car amazes a hollow. Its car was stirred up, but you do not hear really bad sound. Listen, this guy does not stop to check up its suspension - its suspension only is fine, and it continues the trip!
Whether really its car was stronger than yours? No. It went more slowly than you?
Possibly not, can be even faster. There can be it only did not notice, what its suspension is broken? No. This driver knows physics about braking.
It is really easy concept to seize. The weight of your car is distributed about in regular intervals between forward and rear axes. But when you are slowed down or accelerated, these changes of distribution of weight. When you brake, the forward axis receives more weight and when you are accelerated, the rear axis receives more cargo. You have possibly noticed, that your car bends forward when you brake, and inclinations back when you are accelerated.
It does not resemble the grandiose enterprise at first sight, but it is the grandiose enterprise for your suspension. Forward cargo of an axis when braking can it is easy to be twice more then, being accelerated, or even it is more than it! And it directly translates to cargo with which your suspension should address.
So, the correct sequence to follow in such situation would be:
1. A brake so difficultly as you can till last moment. If you have manual transfer, believe, that change of that or even slows down movement a little, to have the maximum possible rotating moment on your wheels accessible to a step 3.
2. Stop to brake, when you have only enough time to finish a step 3, before your forward wheel () amazed a hollow.
3. Put forward the gas pedal completely downwards to a floor, thus you amaze a hollow, hard being accelerated.
This method allows you to come easily deep and wide hollows without any damage of your suspension. On smaller obstacles you possibly should not put forward gas completely to a floor, and the key point should stop to brake just before an obstacle to transfer weight from forward wheels. It by you use physics laws in your interests, and your suspension will serve you happily during long time. |
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| About the Author |
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It and more many driving concerned, articles are accessible in: Amusing and Safe Driving On the author 2007 already stimulated an extensive variety of cars, lorries, and bicycles within 35 years. Holds degree of Owners from the Moscow Road Institute. Working for the Russian state Automobile Scientific research institute. The most leading experience from Moscow, Russia and Washington, district of Columbia, the USA. Last road accident has happened in 2003, last in error accident - in 1997.
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