MORE hydroplaning

[SuffolkD at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/29/2004 2:35:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rictan302 at yahoo.com writes:

Rich:  SInce you experienced the situation, your explanation rules out my 
initial reply posted below.  Seems that I misunderstood exactly how the incident 
unfolded when I read your story.  I thought you hit deep water which slowed 
the vehicle down.  
Hopefully, the axles fixed now.
Thanks for your replies.
-SCott by BOSTON
> Hi Scott,
> --- SuffolkD at aol.com wrote:
> > Gent(s):
> > Richard:  When the front tire encounters a water
> > puddle, it is slowed down 
> > greatly, while the rear tires continue to chur-n on
> > before meeting this same 
> > (puddle) to be also slowed down greatly. 
> If you mean wheel rotational velocity slows down, I
> don't quite agree. The coefficient of friction is
> basically zero when you plane.
> > Also, when you hit this puddle, if its not head on
> > by BOTH front tires, the 
> > car with want to "pivot" around the slower (front in
> > this example) tire.
> In a rigid body, both axels are moving at the same
> speed. There is no slower end.
> > I suspect these factors where more the reason than a
> > slight axle alignment 
> > issue.
> > However, any alignment issue deminishes your highest
> > speed before, or 
> > resistance to some event like this mentioned here.
> > HTH - Scott by BOSTON
> According to your reasoning, the back end would have
> stepped out when the front wheels hit the puddle and
> slowed down. Didn't happen that way.
> I know that because the timing is very easy to verify.
> You hear the splash sound from the front wheel well
> and then the rear wheel well. The axel stepped out on
> the second splash. Remember, after recovering from the
> spin, I tested this at lower speeds several times. The
> back end moved when the back end hit the water.
> 
> But as ever YMMV,
> 
>