Recent content by THORPE

I'm surprised I haven't seen the first response to this question. I am going to assume that the flow will be at least linear with progressive speed.

Any ideas? Does my question make sense?

I have been running this question through my mind. If you apply pressure to a fluid (with say a piston) through a straight hole then the faster you push it through with applied pressure then the more back pressure it builds. Until eventually it pretty much locks up. I understand that...

I understand. I wish I could but this is a much smaller scale. 14mm piston. going to be too small to do much. I've used a flexible flap over some of the holes on one side. This works but it's not immediate. I just want to simplify. Am I off in thinking that I can speed the velocity of...

I am trying to come up with a shape or design of a simple piston with holes that will allow fluid to flow in one direction better than the other. Very Simple shock design. I have tried tapered holes so as to speed up flow in one direction and it worked slightly but haven't quite found the...

I did exactly this ^^^^ yesterday for practice and absolutely love it. Also found a problem I've been fighting for while now. My upper links. When I drew out the geometry I must have misinterpreted something and had the inner links higher. Thought I was lowering my rc but instead had...

Ok I see where you are going with this and it makes sense. Thank you for your time. I got off track a little after reading this article about initial weight transitions. http://www.circletrack.com/chassistech/ctrp_1210_adjusting_for_transitions_fine_tuning_your_shocks/

Btw this spring setup has been very close with equal dampening all 4 corners

Thanks for the info. We just agreed to disagree lol. What I'm looking for this weekend is s small bit of tire loading control by change in transfer rate. On a med bank track with decent grip. I plan to run: Rf lf Soft. Lr 2 rates higher than front. Rr one rate up from front...

To specify: Using front tie down shocks and a lr with stiff bump and light rebound.

Ranger mike: What do you feel is more important On dirt oval? Getting shocks to work perfectly with spring rate for each corner of the car or Using dampening to control weight transfer. This is to settle argument. I feel like proper spring selection should be used to control...

Thanks for the info. I've learned a lot from this thread. Mostly you. Just to make sure I have my head right, when u say possible lr spring change you mean stiffer correct? We don't really have a way to measure tire temps on these small scale cars. I may can use an infrared temp gauge...

Thanks for the reply. I'll start over on that anti dive and work on other factors as you suggest. I'm goin way back and check more into roll center too. I moved mine down and to the right for last night. I got more turn in. I was carrying the left rear going in. I stiffened up both front...

Quick question on anti dive on dirt oval This is a Rc car btw. I'm reading in circle track mag where anti-dive on right front and pro-dive on left helps promote turn in. I accidentally got them backwards on my setup and fought a bad push all night when letting off at the end of the...

Does lightning cause cavitation of air much like in a normal fluid? It moves through the air so fast it has the same effect and then we hear thunder as a result?