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Posted by AntiHero[seatbelts rock] on December 23, 2001 at 8:45 PM
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In Reply To Could someone explain wheel hop? posted by zcar4me on December 23, 2001 at 08:14 PM
     
Message when you apply a decent ammount of power to the wheels
they spin and slide. While the wheels are spinning there
are a lot of forces at work that i cant begin to understand.
The wheel gets pushed up at which point the suspension
the pushes it back down into the ground and a vicious
cycle starts. the wheel bounces on and off the ground until
you ease up on the power. not quite in the air or anything,
but the suspension is constantly pounding up and down,
which is terrible for traction. If the wheel didnt bounce, you
would eventually accelerate and the wheels would grip.
because they bounce, you dont accelerate much AND the
wheel gets a chance to accelerate (spin) even faster, so
when it hits the ground again, it does even less good.

sorry for the crap explaination, thats what ive got :)

basically its just your wheel 'bouncing' more then hopping.
Or if youd like to think about it as hitting the ground,
spinning a bit, then hopping again. Ask anyone with a TT
to show you all about it. (my na didnt do it much)

Antihero
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