Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!pyramid!lll-winken!ncsuvx!uwmcsd1!marque!gryphon!edk From: edk@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ed Kaulakis) Newsgroups: alt.flame Subject: Re: Cornering at posted speed + ... Keywords: a=.5v**2/r Message-ID: <2564@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: 13 Dec 87 05:02:15 GMT Reply-To: edk@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ed Kaulakis) Distribution: na Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 11 *Adding* to posted cornering speed is not in accordance with the physics of the situation; assuming (falsely but what the hell) that the posted speed refers to a centripetal (wow, better get this right, this is alt.flame) acceleration that is some policy-fraction of traction forces assumed available, the rational thing to do is to decide what policy-fraction you want to use, and scale your speed by the square root of the ratio of these fractions. Clearer than mud. Cheers Ed