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01-18-2009, 03:26 PM
I have done my share of spins in AX, since I've been doing this AX stuff for years. First, I don't think that everyone knows what is OVERSTEER AND UNDERSTEER, specially newbies.
Actually sitting behind the wheel of a car doing a skidpad, one will BEGIN to understand what the car is doing. As others mentioned, car control clinics, AX schools held by different clubs, and the Bertyl Roos schools will do wonders. Some will learn the concept faster than others. I, for instance, spent quite a few years just doing AX in the days they had NO instruction, so I was a SLOW LEARNER. My best learning tools were the empty parking lot at my high school on a snowy night. I would put my mother's car into a spin purposely to see how I would get out of it....... this was fun! (but I never told my parents). Next, I started doing AX. I got lost on a sea of cones, but I persevered and got better at it.
In 1989, I got my first Porsche 911 and I thought that I was king of the hill, and I entered a few SCCA AX events just to deflate my ego. I was beaten by guys with less than half the car I had, so I decided to Join RTR. Lucky for me, they had a small AX program where I religiously went to every event, and YES, they held an AX school. It involved: Threshold breaking, a slalom and a skid pad. I have been going to this type of schools since, and now I instruct newbies, just like I was. the skid pad is the best lesson for learning OVERSTEER AND UNDERSTEER. Under the right instruction, the student can feel and understand these 2 terms. Together, with the use of the THROTLE, one can learn to control both of these phenomenons......... (throtle steer anyone??). Threshold breaking teaches brake control at the limits of adhesion for that particular car and tire.
NNJR PCA holds a car control clinic once a year ($50.00 fee) which sells out very quickly, and had nothing but positive comments. Look for it!
As a last note, DO AX for a minimum of one whole year (10 to 12 events) and a few car control clinics. then, when you go to the track, don't take anything that you can't walk away from, physically and/or financially.
:dude:
Actually sitting behind the wheel of a car doing a skidpad, one will BEGIN to understand what the car is doing. As others mentioned, car control clinics, AX schools held by different clubs, and the Bertyl Roos schools will do wonders. Some will learn the concept faster than others. I, for instance, spent quite a few years just doing AX in the days they had NO instruction, so I was a SLOW LEARNER. My best learning tools were the empty parking lot at my high school on a snowy night. I would put my mother's car into a spin purposely to see how I would get out of it....... this was fun! (but I never told my parents). Next, I started doing AX. I got lost on a sea of cones, but I persevered and got better at it.
In 1989, I got my first Porsche 911 and I thought that I was king of the hill, and I entered a few SCCA AX events just to deflate my ego. I was beaten by guys with less than half the car I had, so I decided to Join RTR. Lucky for me, they had a small AX program where I religiously went to every event, and YES, they held an AX school. It involved: Threshold breaking, a slalom and a skid pad. I have been going to this type of schools since, and now I instruct newbies, just like I was. the skid pad is the best lesson for learning OVERSTEER AND UNDERSTEER. Under the right instruction, the student can feel and understand these 2 terms. Together, with the use of the THROTLE, one can learn to control both of these phenomenons......... (throtle steer anyone??). Threshold breaking teaches brake control at the limits of adhesion for that particular car and tire.
NNJR PCA holds a car control clinic once a year ($50.00 fee) which sells out very quickly, and had nothing but positive comments. Look for it!
As a last note, DO AX for a minimum of one whole year (10 to 12 events) and a few car control clinics. then, when you go to the track, don't take anything that you can't walk away from, physically and/or financially.
:dude:
JUST CALL NICK
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The deer in the headlite
PCA DE instructor #200904037