Re: Dyno Testing Problem

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

In message <003601bf260f$be186d20$4d695ed1@avangerb> "Alexander van Gerbig" writes:

>     I went to the garage prepared to do the new dyno emissions test.
> Everything was fine, the mechanic got the car on the dyno, did all the
> computer work, then they needed to center the front end on the dyno.  They
> put the car in Drive and let the wheels spin under their own power.  The car
> slowly started to slide to the left so the mechanic applied the brakes.  He
> let up on the brakes and the car wnadered back to the right side of the
> dyno.  The car wandered from side to side twice.  What is the cause of this?

The Coriolis effect.

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