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Re: Kart sliding/hoping
Posted by 'SimonS' on 03 Aug 2009 @ 18:54

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" the weight of the front, added to the weight of the back equalled more than the total weight of the kart and me?"

This is technically impossibla and suggests that there was something wrong with your weighing equipment or technique.

one person who had this problem had to do his weighing on his own. He leant over to see the scales that he had placed under each tyre and was astonished to discover that it produced a weight about twice what he expected.

Another person left the kart on the ground, but propped first the front, then the rear on the scales. That produced too much weight as well.

If you don't have accurate scales, then the easy way to establish disribution is the scaffold pole method.

Put a scaffold pole under the chassis from side to side, sit in the kart normally and move the pole aft until the kart just balances. Mark the chassis at that point and measure how far that is from the rear axle and the distance from the centre of the rear wheel to the centre of the front wheel with the steering straight.

For example, if your wheelbase is 1040 mm and the kart balances at 410 mm from the REAR centre then your distribution is 410/1040 on the FRONT and 630/1040 on the REAR.

Obviously, you need to sit still while doing this, ie don't lean forward or back from your normal driving position.

Message Thread:

Kart sliding/hoping by 'Attack2001' (03 Aug 2009 @ 17:28)

Re: Kart sliding/hoping by 'chriskasch' (03 Aug 2009 @ 17:35)

Re: Kart sliding/hopping by 'Attack2001' (03 Aug 2009 @ 17:41)

Re: Kart sliding/hopping by 'chriskasch' (03 Aug 2009 @ 18:34)

Re: Kart sliding/hoping by 'Andrewrr' (03 Aug 2009 @ 17:44)

Re: Kart sliding/hoping by 'Attack2001' (03 Aug 2009 @ 18:00)

Re: Kart sliding/hoping by 'SimonS' << You are here!

Re: Kart sliding/hoping by 'Attack2001' (03 Aug 2009 @ 18:58)

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Re: lambstales/razh54/chris by 'chriskasch' (05 Aug 2009 @ 15:21)

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Re: Sorry... by 'chriskasch' (06 Aug 2009 @ 8:57)

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Re: Sorry... by 'Inter61' (06 Aug 2009 @ 11:19)

So what if..? by 'Attack2001' (06 Aug 2009 @ 13:31)

Re: So what if..? by 'minimaxboy' (06 Aug 2009 @ 18:09)

oh ok... by 'Attack2001' (06 Aug 2009 @ 18:29)

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