Re: A few idle F1 questions

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:45:01 +0100, "Dave Baker" <Null@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:


"Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eche04954hc63asftvnu8h0t4oge7n4n0d@xxxxxxxxxx
It does happen, but it's weight transfer reducing the natural
downforce (i.e. gravity) , so I guess it can't be strictly "off the
line" since you must be moving when it happens.

Hmmm. You must be accelerating when weight transfer takes place but that
doesn't mean you must also be moving. To actually start from rest you must
accelerate but clearly when you are at rest you are both stationary and
accelerating at the same time. If you couldn't accelerate until after you'd
started moving you'd be caught in something of a tricky paradox. Doomed to
spend your life frozen in time waiting for a minor deity to come along and
make a small but important change in the laws of physics for you. Of course
minor deities are all over the place so maybe it wouldn't be a long wait.

Weight transfer isn't instantaneous of course. It's limited to the speed of
light like most things but that's generally fast enough for mundane things
like cars.

I don't think I said or implied that you couldn't accelerate until
after you started moving. Hope not, anyway!

I think the wheels start turning before you get massive weight
transfer, though, so you'd be off the line even if by a microscopic
distance.

Why am I supporting your point here?


--

Ian D
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: SR fundamental contradiction
    ... The moving stick is measured to be longer in the S ... and the whole rest of the universe accelerating in the opposite ... accelerate an object is the same as the force needed to accelerate ... So the answer to your question is that the contraction of the universe ...
    (sci.physics.relativity)
  • Re: A few idle F1 questions
    ... line" since you must be moving when it happens. ... If you couldn't accelerate until after ... Weight transfer isn't instantaneous of course. ... something physical like the front and rear of the car. ...
    (rec.autos.sport.f1)
  • Re: A few idle F1 questions
    ... line" since you must be moving when it happens. ... If you couldn't accelerate until after ... make a small but important change in the laws of physics for you. ... Weight transfer isn't instantaneous of course. ...
    (rec.autos.sport.f1)
  • Re: Time Moving Lefty
    ... > The only evidence that time is moving comes from relativity. ... > If you accelerate in space time slows down. ...
    (sci.physics)
  • Re: Where are the SuSE 9.2 Professional CD ISOs?
    ... >> I was alongside his rear wheel when he started moving in a full-lock ... >> way at 15mph and on a bike I could match his turning circle. ... Accelerate - no chance his moving across my path was too quick ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)