S2k rear spin out
Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Feb 12 2007, 11:38 AM
Your KAAZ is not the stock diff. If the stock diff starts making horrible crunching noises, you have a big problem.
That's why I said "my KAAZ" rather than "my diff." 
Stock diff is pretty close to silent.
Originally Posted by mxt_77,Feb 12 2007, 09:39 AM
There is no spoon.

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[QUOTE=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_force]Centrifugal force (from Latin centrum "center" and fugere "to flee") is a term which may refer to two different forces which are related to rotation. Both of them are oriented away from the axis of rotation, but the object on which they are exerted differs.
And if Wikipedia says it, it must be true!
Centrifugal forces are referred to as "ficticious" because there is no external force towards the outside of the circle being applied to the object in question. Instead, there is an acceleration being applied towards the inside of the circle. But F=MA (Newton's Second Law), so the acceleration must be a result of a force to the inside of the circle, which (by Newton's Third Law) creates an inertial reaction force (Newton's First Law) towards the outside.
I'm not even going to get into reference frames....
Centrifugal forces are referred to as "ficticious" because there is no external force towards the outside of the circle being applied to the object in question. Instead, there is an acceleration being applied towards the inside of the circle. But F=MA (Newton's Second Law), so the acceleration must be a result of a force to the inside of the circle, which (by Newton's Third Law) creates an inertial reaction force (Newton's First Law) towards the outside.
I'm not even going to get into reference frames....
If you look at the full Wikipedia entry you'll see that it goes into quite a bit more detail.
Just because a force is "ficticious" doesn't mean that it's not a real force. It's just a matter of the perspective from which we are viewing the force. (I know you get it Mike, but I didn't want the post "there is no such thing as centrifugal force" to confuse too many people.)
Just because a force is "ficticious" doesn't mean that it's not a real force. It's just a matter of the perspective from which we are viewing the force. (I know you get it Mike, but I didn't want the post "there is no such thing as centrifugal force" to confuse too many people.)
In fact, though, it is relevant to this discussion that there is no external centrifugal force. Because these forces that we feel are internal, inertial forces, there is no force that will pull the outside of the car around in a loop.
Instead, what happens is that the rear end of the car wants to go in a straight line, not to the outside. But if the front end of the car is pulling it to the inside of the corner and the rear end of the car continues in a straight line, then the car will rotate around its center, swapping ends. If the rotational inertia is large enough, it will rotate several times.
Instead, what happens is that the rear end of the car wants to go in a straight line, not to the outside. But if the front end of the car is pulling it to the inside of the corner and the rear end of the car continues in a straight line, then the car will rotate around its center, swapping ends. If the rotational inertia is large enough, it will rotate several times.
Originally Posted by mxt_77,Feb 12 2007, 04:13 PM
Or maybe the guy just ran into the side of a centrifuge causing him to spin out. Ergo... cengtrifugal force.







