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Re: Understeer & Oversteer
Posted by 'Farrang' on 07 Jan 2009 @ 09:34

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Understeer is were you turn into a corner and the front end pushes on and you would require more steering input to get round the corner. Oversteer is were you turn into a corner and and the back end flicks out and you have to apply opposite lock to control it. If either one is very severe you have a fairly unbalanced kart.

In my experience you won't get a perfectly handling kart for a given circuit and will suffer on or the other depending on the corners on the track. I always had a good nominal setting that would suit the tracks i raced at and always used that as a base setting and then i could adjust throughout the day as conditions determined. If i was understeering particularly badly i would try bringing the fronts in and if i was oversteering badly i would try bringing the rears in working on the general rule that moving the wheels out gives less grip and moving the wheels in gives more grip.

Sometimes i hardly noticed any difference on the stopwatch if any but the kart felt better and gave me a bit more confidence. That was how i done it with a known straight chassis and good base settings. An aggressive driving style can also cause both.

I am sure there will be a lot more learned people who will give you a bit more of a technical answer. That is my understanding of how it works.

Message Thread:

Understeer & Oversteer by 'Rocco' (07 Jan 2009 @ 9:12)

Re: Understeer & Oversteer by 'blobslosak' (07 Jan 2009 @ 9:29)

Re: Understeer & Oversteer by 'blobslosak' (07 Jan 2009 @ 9:33)

Re: Understeer & Oversteer by 'Farrang' << You are here!

Re: Understeer & Oversteer by 'KelvinNicholls' (07 Jan 2009 @ 9:59)

Re: Understeer & Oversteer by 'kai' (07 Jan 2009 @ 10:06)

Hopefully, a fuller explanation of both! by 'itpro' (07 Jan 2009 @ 10:59)

Re: Hopefully, a fuller explanation of both! by 'Rocco' (07 Jan 2009 @ 11:37)

Re: Hopefully, a fuller explanation of both! by 'SimonS' (07 Jan 2009 @ 12:11)

Re: Understeer and oversteer simply is .... by 'BennICC06' (08 Jan 2009 @ 8:21)

One thing I've learnt by 'michaelg36' (08 Jan 2009 @ 19:09)

Re: One thing I've learnt by 'raceinstructor' (08 Jan 2009 @ 21:35)

Yes raceinstructor by 'michaelg36' (08 Jan 2009 @ 21:55)

Re: Yes raceinstructor by 'KenE' (08 Jan 2009 @ 22:07)

Re: Yes raceinstructor by 'raceinstructor' (08 Jan 2009 @ 22:20)

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