You're looking for moments (Newton meters) about a point. And yes, your explanation is perfect physics sense.
Chris Malton On 06/04/2009 11:06, Phil wrote: > > Ooo! Ooo! I think I know the answer to that one, Chrys. I certainly > know you are right because my desperately underpowered Hetzer could > just about manage a 1/2 skid turn but not a full-skid one. > > The reason is angle of turn. When you do a turn, you are dragging the > whole track sideways. This is easier if you are doing it a little (a > gentle turn) than a lot (a sharp turn). > > If you do (say) a half skid turn to the left, you are pivoting round a > point in the centre of the left-hand track. > > If you do a full-skid turn, you are pivoting round a point in the > centre of the tank. This is half as far from the track as the half- > skid turn, so it is twice as difficult, because of leverage; it takes > twice as much effort to turn a spanner if you hold it half-way down > than if you hold it at the end. > > Dunno what the technical term is. > > I think that's right. > > Phil Palmer > > On Apr 5, 4:56 pm, "Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos"<xchr...@otenet.gr> > wrote: >> Talk of turns, I had not realized that it takes more power to full skid >> than to half skid a tank. I had thought that in a full skid the tank turns >> from two tracks, not just one, and there is no lateral resistance (is it >> called coefficient something?) from a still track, as in a half skid, still >> real life suggests otherwise. >> Chrys >> >> >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
