Message #17476

[smackboy1]

Actually, I've heard it said that we have all experienced driving much like a race car. Its very much like driving on ice.  They are always so close to the limit of traction, just as with ice. A little bit more acceleration takes away traction for steering, use your traction for braking, you don't have as much for steering.

The physics is the same. There is a saying in auto racing that if the car is cornering like it's on rails, you are driving too slowly. The hands and feet are constantly correcting to keep the car from slipping too much. That's the same thing I see in a WC skier fighting to keep the edges carving in the turn, but not so much that speed is lost.

The ski shovel is like the front tires and the tail is like the rear tires. If there isn't enough weight on the ski shovels it won't turn, like an understeering car. If there isn't enough weight on the ski tails they wash out, like an oversteering car. An understeering car will go off track and an oversteering car is slow (like a skidding skier).