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mikey
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cecht wrote: mikey

cecht wrote:

mikey wrote:

cecht wrote:

Ha, speaking of racing...

steer > under > slip

Slip angle relates to under steering in car mechanics.

But, a silk under slip is an entirely different thing. 

So are you a racer or a watcher of it? I've watched F1 for YEARS now, I used to love the McLaren and Ferrari battles many years ago.

No, not really.  But years ago I picked up "Sports Car and Competition Driving" by Paul Frere, 1966 edition, at a book sale. A fascinating read on theory and practice. Chapter 4 is "From Slipping to Sliding", where I first learned of slip angle, understeer, oversteer, neutral-steer, yaw angle, and drifting. 

Sounds like a very good book!!

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"Bergschrund" is a German

"Bergschrund" is a German word. I had to google it first; never heard it before. Seems there's a special vocabulary in the mountainous regions... or the word has become extinct where I live. Interesting.

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After you have fallen into

After you have fallen into one, you tend not to forget.

Richard

Scrooge McDuck
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Kavanagh schrieb: After you

Kavanagh wrote:

After you have fallen into one, you tend not to forget.

;-)

I am one of these people we call "Flachlandtiroler" (Lowland's Tyrolean*) in German, that is: unable to move around in mountainous regions adapted to weather and terrain. In short: Tourist.

* from the Austrian/Italian region "Tyrol" in the Alps mountains, where there are no lowlands.

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statistical -->

statistical --> lies

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics

Seti Classic Final Total: 11446 WU.

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Andrei Sakharov, Soviet

Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; developer of first Soviet megaton-range hydrogen nuclear bomb.

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inlet --> Pond...  "Pond

inlet --> Pond...  "Pond Inlet", an Inuit settlement in northern Canada.

mikey
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and someone added Duck and

and someone added Duck and Quack so I added Echo because there was a controversy about whether a ducks quack really echoed, it does but it's the speed of the quack and it's echo that makes it seem like there isn't an echo.

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Hanger

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Us and Them

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