Re: Audi TT

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <000c01bf1675$d5fd5f80$a41dbbd1@frankens> "Frank Martin" writes:

> >> Nach einer langen Linkskurve, die
> >>ich mit 200km/h durchfahren habe, habe ich vorsichtigt gebremst,
> >>der Audi TT ist sofort aus der stabilen Lage ausgebrochen und
> >>hat sich mehrfach gedreht und an jeder Leitplanke links und
> >>recht die Energie abgebaut.
>
> For what it's worth, note that he did throw braking into the mix of factors
> involved in his incident, as opposed to "just spinning out." I wonder if
> braking was involved prior to the other incidents? (And I'm assuming that
> the Torsen debate centers on initial steady state or attempted acceleration
> through a turn at 10/10ths.) Then again, my German is a bit rusty - am I
> misreading it and the braking came after the loss of stability? The German
> language sequences events differently than our English.

"After a long left-hand bend, which I drove through at 200km/h, I
 braked carefully - the Audi TT immediately broke from the stable state
 and spun several times, dumping energy by hitting the Armco barriers
 to the left and the right."

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 Phil Payne
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