high speed damping. basically this is the opposite of pack.
imagine you are going at speed and you hit a bump. the wheel shoots upward at great speed as it goes over the bump, this fast movement makes the shock 'pack' and too much energy, too quickly, is transferred to the chassis.
this situation will unsettle the chassis and raise the average height and over continued bumpiness will have the buggys wheels off the ground.
high speed damping relieves the shock of this massive load by backing off with the damping effect and allows the length of the suspension to comply with the offending bump and maintain chassis equilibrium.
I like this ^^
bump stops would have to be used in the absence of pack to survive heavy landings.
I very much dont like this ^^
the aim is to improve ride height stability and to keep the tyres in contact with the ground. and if the shocks allow this, then the handling results should reflect your setup.
I like this ^^
Something that strikes me is the reference to full size cars, but you dont often see full size vehicles jumping 10 times their own height regularly on a race, the useable stroke on a full size car will be very little methinks compared to an R/C car, i would imagine the forces are exponential too ? Will the hi/lo work on such an extreme action?
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