Comments by "Jersey Shore Drone Services" (@jerseyshoredroneservices225) on "You Think You Know But You Don't - Slip Angle Explained in a Way You Will Understand" video.

  1. Very good explanation but I would have liked to have heard about inertia and momentum. The car is trying to continue going straight ahead until acted upon when the driver turns the steering wheel. The centrifugal force is a component of the vehicles mass and velocity. Cornering force is basically the vehicles capability to redirect it's initial state. the vehicle starts off cornering at 0 degrees per second with zero centrifugal force. When the driver turns the steering wheel the rate increases to something above zero and the component of centrifugal force increases. Static friction/ traction versus sliding friction is also important. As the slip angle increases so does traction, to a point. Beyond that slip angle traction will decrease and at some point the tire will break loose from the road. When the tire breaks loose the slip angle will instantly decrease to almost zero but traction will not be restored because the contact patch is now sliding on the road rather than static on the road. To regain traction you have to dramatically reduce centrifical force and any breaking or accelerating forces. This is exactly the opposite of what drifting cars do. If you're not drifting and actually do want to regain traction youll need to basically Coast. No gas, no brake and steer into the slide to reduce the centrifugal force which is pulling the tires across the road.
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