Handling characteristics of the FFR Roadster on-track

[mike223]

I've also just accepted that 50/50 is "perfect". I'm Thinking back to the Miata ND see-saw commercial now. Perhaps in low-power momentum car situations where power application doesn't upset the system, it make more sense.

For the FFR and it's high power/weight ratio, it completely makes sense that weight bias is combined with setup (tire and suspension) to manage the massively dynamic nature of a track environment.

Perfect - you're getting it.

Now - never forget that you can immediately throw a fat body (more like 4 fat bodies) on either end of the 90" see-saw with the throttle pedal (and no amount of setup will ever change that basic fact).


Good commercial (but it doesn't have a lot to do with driving these cars):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rCvfOAxiMk

[mike223]

(but it doesn't have a lot to do with driving these cars)

Afterthought:

Actually, it can relate well to driving these cars hard.

If you can imagine you've got 3-4 people, perfectly balanced in the middle of the see-saw that instantly move from end to end - or anywhere in between - depending on what you do with the throttle.

Add brake and it just happens faster toward that end of the see-saw.


Just food for thought...