RMC #39 420R Build Thread

[pethier]

48 minutes ago, captain pabst said:

I was getting a bit with the fronts but as I picked up pace I was instructed to drop in from the corner

I'm sorry if I was unclear.  I was not asking if you got air at the the entrance to the Karussell.

 

I only was using the Karussell as a location device.

 

Think back upstream to just after the righthander before the Karussell.  You go up a hill, then crest the hill, then downhill, then uphill to the entrance to the Karussell.

 

I was talking about that first crest.  There was a meeting for us LOGers at the hotel in Gettysburg the night before the track day.  We were told that at that crest to be sure we were far to the left because that if we were to the right and rose into the air that we might not be on pavement when we came back down.  I suggested they put out some cones.  They agreed that was a good idea. 

 

In my case, my Elise in stock trim was not fast enough around that righthander and up the hill to leave the surface at the crest.

 

About the entrance to the Karussell:  I had been instructed to aim for the tree, just like at the original in Germany.  As soon as a "thin white strip" (the concrete) came into view, I was to place the car at the right end of the strip.  It worked perfectly every time.