hydroplaning

[Greville Bowles]

It's important to realize that liquids do not compress and if the water does
not get channeled away quickly enough it may as well not be fluid at all
(It's fluid nature reduces your traction to virtually nil). In that case you
may as well be riding on a sheet of well-oiled steel and you'll have just
about that much traction. Bottom line: Reduce your speed when the road is
wet.

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Mr. Greville H. Bowles
RR 5, Rockwood, Ontario N0B 2K0
E-mail:   zaphod at cansafe.com
'95 90Q
'85 245
'83 GS650GL
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-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Doug Johnson
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:52 AM
To: 'George Harris'
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: hydroplaning


George,

Huw's suggestion is correct.  Water under pressure doesn't flow as you'd
suspect.

Sorry,

~ Doug


> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: hydroplaning
>
> I think it's the 'contact patch' thingie where the theory
> falls apart.
>
> Huw Powell wrote:
> >
> > I think this is the way that rule of thumb formula works.  At those
> > speeds, as long as there is a layer of water, the tire can
> no longer
> > penetrate it fast enough to make any contact - tread
> pattern does not
> > matter because the "contact patch" is doing the hydroplaning.
> >


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