On 2024-11-11 10:08, Andrews wrote:
(BTW, a catenary is the best way possible to take a turn at speed, & yet,
the so-called-racer, Alan G. Baker, has to ask what it means to racing!)
<https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?96988-It-s-still-motor-racing-but-quot-catenary-quot>
I asked only to confirm my own understanding, doofus.
Did you notice that not one person in that discussion said that they'd
ever heard of "catenary" being used in the context of the racing line.
Many, many decades of racing experience in that group, and not ONE
person said they'd ever heard it used.
'I had never heard the term before your post. Having now looked it up I
know why, it's clearly not the optimal racing line through any curve I'm aware of!'
"Let the guy think whatever the H he wants, sounds like he will either
way — and perhaps *especially* when you prove him wrong."
"38 years in this game and never have I heard that word used by anyone.
I bet your "friend" reads a lot of books."
"Been racing since 1988 and have never heard the term CATENARY used to describe any aspect of a turn."
"I know the word but never heard it as a line in a corner. I believe it
is the strongest shape for a suspension bridge."
"So, IMO, catenary has little relationship to the "best" line in racing."
That quote, BTW, is from a guy who has been racing for more than 50
years and only won the Sports Car Club of America's national championship...
...SEVEN TIMES.
His record at driverDB.com:
<https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/dave-weitzenhof>
"To say that EVERY turn should be one shape is as absurd as saying your cornering speed should always be constant."
"Whenever a non-racer spews their "knowledge" at me, and implies I
should know what they know, I open myself to being educated."
And my bonafides.
My current racing license (home address redacted):
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TGOu7kBmLk6XwQgLz7h1PX0FTyMrtSDG/view?usp=share_link>
And my current instructor's license (home address redacted):
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K_iC3Vtkp5gP36T4lBZFc7rAkmzQ7x9u/view?usp=share_link>
You can check out the QR codes on either of them.
:-)
<"RoadRacer (racer"@nunya.biz> wrote:
On 2024-11-11 10:08, Andrews wrote:Aren’t you giving the inconsequential twit way too much consideration here? That’s where his power exists, in pushing your buttons. Now he’s getting the attention he craves to make himself feel like he’s not really the loser others know he is. A year from now we will still be hearing him crow about catenaries. Best to just let him rant at a wall instead.
(BTW, a catenary is the best way possible to take a turn at speed, & yet, >>> the so-called-racer, Alan G. Baker, has to ask what it means to racing!) >>> <https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?96988-It-s-still-motor-racing-but-quot-catenary-quot>
I asked only to confirm my own understanding, doofus.
Did you notice that not one person in that discussion said that they'd
ever heard of "catenary" being used in the context of the racing line.
Many, many decades of racing experience in that group, and not ONE
person said they'd ever heard it used.
'I had never heard the term before your post. Having now looked it up I
know why, it's clearly not the optimal racing line through any curve I'm
aware of!'
"Let the guy think whatever the H he wants, sounds like he will either
way — and perhaps *especially* when you prove him wrong."
"38 years in this game and never have I heard that word used by anyone.
I bet your "friend" reads a lot of books."
"Been racing since 1988 and have never heard the term CATENARY used to
describe any aspect of a turn."
"I know the word but never heard it as a line in a corner. I believe it
is the strongest shape for a suspension bridge."
"So, IMO, catenary has little relationship to the "best" line in racing."
That quote, BTW, is from a guy who has been racing for more than 50
years and only won the Sports Car Club of America's national championship... >>
...SEVEN TIMES.
His record at driverDB.com:
<https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/dave-weitzenhof>
"To say that EVERY turn should be one shape is as absurd as saying your
cornering speed should always be constant."
"Whenever a non-racer spews their "knowledge" at me, and implies I
should know what they know, I open myself to being educated."
And my bonafides.
My current racing license (home address redacted):
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TGOu7kBmLk6XwQgLz7h1PX0FTyMrtSDG/view?usp=share_link>
And my current instructor's license (home address redacted):
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K_iC3Vtkp5gP36T4lBZFc7rAkmzQ7x9u/view?usp=share_link>
You can check out the QR codes on either of them.
:-)
Aren't you giving the inconsequential twit way too much consideration here? That's where his power exists, in pushing your buttons. Now he's getting
the attention he craves to make himself feel like he's not really the loser others know he is. A year from now we will still be hearing him crow about catenaries. Best to just let him rant at a wall instead.
*Hemidactylus* wrote on Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:17:30 +0000 :
Aren't you giving the inconsequential twit way too much consideration here? >> That's where his power exists, in pushing your buttons. Now he's getting
the attention he craves to make himself feel like he's not really the loser >> others know he is. A year from now we will still be hearing him crow about >> catenaries. Best to just let him rant at a wall instead.
But since you pulled Alan G. Baker's post out of my killfile, notice that
the catenary is one of the most fundamental curves, where the morons think curves can only be in the Y axis but there's nothing stopping curves from existing on the x axis (or any axis for that matter, even 4D spacetime).
<http://lastufka.net/lab/cars/why/raceit.htm>
"This race report features two cars named "Typical" and "Best" racing
on an Official AWANA Track with a catenary transition... The Track
Profile follows with the name of the track and its configuration...
Because a catenary transition model was selected, specifics of the
catenary transition appear below the character sketch of the track.
Marks in the track sketch represent the track surface..."
The problem with the Apple trolls is they have no education so they don't know even the most basic of curves, which, let's face it, are important.
The important aspect of a catenary is the force exerted is uniform with respect to length of the catenary curve - which is important to racing.
Even a moving charge in a uniform electric field travels along a catenary such that every part of the catenary is in perfect equilibrium.
But since you pulled Alan G. Baker's post out of my killfile, notice that
the catenary is one of the most fundamental curves, where the morons think curves can only be in the Y axis but there's nothing stopping curves from existing on the x axis (or any axis for that matter, even 4D spacetime).
<http://lastufka.net/lab/cars/why/raceit.htm>
"This race report features two cars named "Typical" and "Best" racing
on an Official AWANA Track with a catenary transition... The Track
Profile follows with the name of the track and its configuration...
Because a catenary transition model was selected, specifics of the
catenary transition appear below the character sketch of the track.
Marks in the track sketch represent the track surface..."
The problem with the Apple trolls is they have no education so they don't know even the most basic of curves, which, let's face it, are important.
The important aspect of a catenary is the force exerted is uniform with respect to length of the catenary curve - which is important to racing.
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