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grkvlt
8y ago
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So the tires are acting like torsion springs then?
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andyjsong
8y ago
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It increases the footprint of the tire at the start, giving the car more grip. Here is a video:
https://youtu.be/-VF0JwxQqcA?t=10m42s
grkvlt
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8y ago
Thanks, that's really interesting - there's some amazing technology going into what I had previously assumed was a fairly boring static (modulo the rotation, of course) component of these vehicles.
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