ckent323
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<I am gonna have to run out and buy me an inclinometer.....glue it to the windsheild..>
While on a level surface. ;-)
While on a level surface. ;-)
A useful and, these days, widely applicable term.Jon R said:Well I just learned a new word today - hooning
Worst thing that I ever did was give "My Infamous Scout Friend" one of those little bb in a curved tube inclinometers. He now drives paved mtn roads seeing how long he can keep the bb stuck at the end of the tube........DavidGraves said:Dang...! I am gonna have to run out and buy me an inclinometer.....glue it to the windsheild......
Sounds like wisdom to me. “A man’s got to know his limitations. “JaSAn said:I have a very good 'danger' gauge in my backside. When my butt starts to pucker its time to reassess. As I have gotten older I put more weight on the cost side of the cost/benefit equation. Maybe its age but am not as interested in 'pushing the limits' any more.
Hooning.. Oz term for : "anti-social behavior in a vehicle"....Hmmm, wonder if that included us in the 60's at drive-in movies?Jon R said:Well I just learned a new word today - hooning
Wouldn't that have been more social than anti-social? Maybe I've been doing it wrong.Wallowa said:Hooning.. Oz term for : "anti-social behavior in a vehicle"....Hmmm, wonder if that included us in the 60's at drive-in movies?
ntsqd said:Wouldn't that have been more social than anti-social? Maybe I've been doing it wrong.
Clearly I've been doing it wrong.Wallowa said:Not certain what activity you are referring to... ...but I was thinking of driving out with the speaker still in the window....
ntsqd said:^^^ Practitioners of which are referred to as "hoonigans" from what I gather.
So is "hoon" pronounced "who*n"? or "ooh*n"?
Clearly I've been doing it wrong.
Back on track; If the height and lateral location of the CG of the combined vehicle were carefully determined then one could fairly easily determine the static tipping angle. It would be the angle at which a line from the CG to the center of Earth would pass to the outside of the downhill tire's contact patch on the ground.
The dynamic tipping angle will be less than the static, but what it actually is will be entirely dependent on the vertical speed with which the downhill tire drops into the hole or the uphill tire hits the bump.