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Re: my chin is out for this one......
Posted by 'itpro' on 25 Apr 2014 @ 23:48

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Again, although a good idea....

1) It's been tried before and ended up being rejected. This time, I know it was done by one of the 'arrive and drive' companies (possible, Rye House) and they couldn't make the system reliable..... so they removed it.

2) The concept is fine..... but.......

a) If the motor cuts for a significant period of time, you've now handed the control entirely to the driver in the front. All he has to do is to apply brakes early or not hit the throttle on exit of a corner or back-off mid straight or simply move over on a driver about to over-take..... and he's switched off the opposition!

b) if it cuts out only while contact is made, then nothing has changed..... because.... most 'ramming' is done while the driver 'should' be under braking and thus doesn't NEED the motor to be running. Secondly, a deliberate HARD 'shove' will easily dispose of a 'lead' driver and will only need to last for milliseconds to 'do the job'..... losing power while braking for only milliseconds is not going to have the effect you want. Yes, some drivers make contact early on the straight and SHOVE the lead driver with their rear bumper..... god alone knows why because all that does is to ACCELRATE the lead driver while slowing the 'pushing' kart. Your suggestion WOULD cure that..... but as it's not a problem in the first place..... why bother?

3) You could make s system which cuts the motor for (let's guess) 5 seconds....... that would highly likely mean that a contact engineered by the lead driver (as above) in a tight (slow) hairpin may even stall the motor completely.... you now have stalled karts on the middle of the track......

These ideas are great but practicalities get in the way.

Ian

Message Thread:

O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 8:12)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 8:39)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'MaxRacewear' (24 Apr 2014 @ 8:59)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 9:27)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'alanrr' (24 Apr 2014 @ 9:22)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'iant' (24 Apr 2014 @ 9:48)

where did you hear about standing start at s1... by 'NJB' (24 Apr 2014 @ 10:25)

NJB by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 10:57)

Re: NJB by 'NJB' (24 Apr 2014 @ 11:39)

Re: NJB by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 11:42)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'richydehav' (24 Apr 2014 @ 10:27)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'richydehav' (24 Apr 2014 @ 10:31)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'Megansdad' (24 Apr 2014 @ 10:37)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'rendall' (24 Apr 2014 @ 10:45)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'Robbie3864' (24 Apr 2014 @ 11:50)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'iant' (24 Apr 2014 @ 12:55)

Re: O god they listened to the muppet..... by 'christkm' (24 Apr 2014 @ 14:32)

am i the only one? by 'SLK' (24 Apr 2014 @ 16:58)

Re: am i the only one? by 'Robbie3864' (24 Apr 2014 @ 17:10)

Re: am i the only one? by 'NJB' (24 Apr 2014 @ 17:23)

Re: am i the only one? by 'richydehav' (24 Apr 2014 @ 17:40)

Re: am i the only one? by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 17:33)

Re: am i the only one? by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 17:43)

Re: am i the only one? by 'Robbie3864' (24 Apr 2014 @ 18:01)

Re: am i the only one? by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 18:09)

Re: am i the only one? by 'fatsam' (24 Apr 2014 @ 18:17)

Good bye by 'BanzaiBoy' (24 Apr 2014 @ 18:31)

Re: am i the only one? by 'richydehav' (24 Apr 2014 @ 18:38)

Re: am i the only one? by 'SLK' (24 Apr 2014 @ 19:19)

Re: am i the only one? by 'iant' (24 Apr 2014 @ 19:21)

Re: am i the only one? by 'SLK' (24 Apr 2014 @ 19:34)

SLK by 'itpro' (24 Apr 2014 @ 19:06)

Re: SLK by 'BombHead' (24 Apr 2014 @ 20:03)

Re: SLK by 'fatsam' (24 Apr 2014 @ 20:59)

Re: Jumping to conclusions.... by 'PoppaAl' (24 Apr 2014 @ 21:42)

Re: Jumping to conclusions.... by 'Robbie3864' (24 Apr 2014 @ 22:22)

Re: Jumping to conclusions.... by 'itpro' (24 Apr 2014 @ 22:23)

Re: Jumping to conclusions.... by 'moondog78' (24 Apr 2014 @ 23:58)

Re: Jumping to conclusions.... by 'PoppaAl' (25 Apr 2014 @ 7:50)

well said Poppa Al by 'moondog78' (25 Apr 2014 @ 8:08)

Re: well said Poppa Al by 'PoppaAl' (25 Apr 2014 @ 8:46)

Re: well said Poppa Al by 'christkm' (25 Apr 2014 @ 10:06)

Breaking formation on starts by 'SteveAW' (25 Apr 2014 @ 10:45)

Re: Breaking formation on starts by 'iant' (25 Apr 2014 @ 11:04)

Re: Breaking formation on starts by 'itpro' (25 Apr 2014 @ 16:31)

Re: Breaking formation on starts by 'Dogman172' (25 Apr 2014 @ 16:40)

Re: Jumping to conclusions.... by 'itpro' (25 Apr 2014 @ 10:45)

I remember when this here was all fields by 'TheBougyMan' (25 Apr 2014 @ 11:44)

Re: I remember when this here was all fields by 'Robbie3864' (25 Apr 2014 @ 13:13)

Re: I remember when this here was all fields by 'itpro' (25 Apr 2014 @ 16:24)

Re: how about? by 'SLK' (25 Apr 2014 @ 17:32)

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'PoppaAl' (25 Apr 2014 @ 20:17)

How about something easier and cheaper........ by 'iant' (25 Apr 2014 @ 20:36)

Re: How about something easier and cheaper. IanT by 'itpro' (25 Apr 2014 @ 23:51)

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'BanzaiBoy' (25 Apr 2014 @ 20:46)

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'fatsam' (25 Apr 2014 @ 22:40)

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'christkm' (25 Apr 2014 @ 22:48)

i see it like this.... by 'moondog78' (25 Apr 2014 @ 23:21)

Re: i see it like this.... by 'davidmc' (25 Apr 2014 @ 23:54)

Re: i see it like this.... by 'itpro' (26 Apr 2014 @ 0:02)

Re: i see it like this.... by 'davidmc' (26 Apr 2014 @ 10:06)

Re: i see it like this.... by 'itpro' (26 Apr 2014 @ 13:15)

Re: i see it like this.... by 'Liam' (26 Apr 2014 @ 13:44)

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'itpro' << You are here!

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'SLK' (26 Apr 2014 @ 7:45)

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'fatsam' (26 Apr 2014 @ 9:42)

Re: my chin is out for this one...... by 'SimonS' (26 Apr 2014 @ 11:28)

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