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Ml TECHNOLOGY - SLIP ANGLE Sp Angleisa summary of laude Rous OptimumG seminars ete sonny \fecotorine stenoeer asdbdinetao scarp nt trecthccrtoe page Tpteetnastteats ome aera coven eee ‘ronaretsurgoroone eorerece panerianetecmcet smelode ene Sm cnmensebsa eroeceats Toca sorrel Slide rules Contrary ta an overseer stution anundersteering cars usualy less ‘evident and more progressive, adit ‘anbedtiuforanamateurciver to know that they ae undesteeing, andevendfcultforthe engine to ently even ove wick ‘quantity Some speci aralyisof ule channel such s testing ‘wheal angle three brake yaw rae th he gy otra acceleration could help. Let stat witha simple one. Toanalyse the vehicle balance we \wllbelooking at te performance indicator (60 ale teering wheel angle integra We are gong to show here how youcan lateit tothe vehidesbalance vation throughout tack sein Toassessthevehice balance, thats overseeing or undertering the easiest way is seca nominal storing reference lp. Areference pone nie the ‘divermakes ap sight slower ‘than te fastest ap he could sey, Skid row: analysing car balance with driver data In part two of his analysis of a driver's key performance indicators OptimumG president Claude Rouelle looks at how the steering integral can help identify understeer and oversteer in a racecar key siterence between everstee and understeer thatthe tomer much mere ‘n= especiayina Ferra 250 07 SB _— begesbegeccuessous ae Understeer 2 ee sas es ass 9 ‘Figure ¥: Steering whoo! angle with reference ap (nach and fastest ap (im red) with handling states around 5 pe cen ofthe ronal pace. When diving towly wecan assume thay sp anges wor Inarlativel slow op witha ‘happy driver we can consider we haven seriou overster oF lap in black fora comer ae plots “he steering wheel angles ploted Inthe as. 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