VIDEO: Onboard AMSOIL #77 Port Huron 2012
08-14-2012 | 02:30 PM
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08-14-2012 | 02:51 PM
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That's awesome, always love your videos. Is the see-saw action at the steering wheel a technique or is it just the feedback of the system through the wheel?
It appears that maybe he lets off the wheel if he feels it starting to hook too much, but yet still trying to be agressive through the turns??
It appears that maybe he lets off the wheel if he feels it starting to hook too much, but yet still trying to be agressive through the turns??
08-14-2012 | 03:53 PM
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08-14-2012 | 05:31 PM
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That's awesome, always love your videos. Is the see-saw action at the steering wheel a technique or is it just the feedback of the system through the wheel?
It appears that maybe he lets off the wheel if he feels it starting to hook too much, but yet still trying to be agressive through the turns??
It appears that maybe he lets off the wheel if he feels it starting to hook too much, but yet still trying to be agressive through the turns??
That make sense?
JT
08-14-2012 | 06:59 PM
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I dont exactly have a justification for the "see saw" during the turns. My driving technique is mainly learned from conversations and watching videos of Paul Whittier (besides the basic feel of how to drive one and feel the limits of the boat). You hook and correct the boat multiple times in the same turn, especially when adjusting to another race boat in the lane next to you. Keeping the wheel moving A: Keeps your reactions extremely quick, B: allows me to bite and unlock in increments. For example: instead of just turning the wheel 360 degrees (which would most likely flip the boat) you turn it 90 degrees at a time then release it 45 degrees, repeat. Youll feel the bite come on and off, and you are more ready to counter if you nail a bump and it oversteers.
That make sense?
JT
That make sense?
JT
