Lock up all three tires on wet pavement in a corner and the Vig will
not spin. Because 66% of the braking force is being exerted behind the CofG,
it simply takes the tangent line and scuffs off speed. It is more stable
under braking than any two-wheel or four-wheel design. This is one of the
primary reasons that all jet fighters are three-wheel designs (tricycle
gear). It is the most stable design under extreme braking. If there were
a better design available, aeronautical engineers would be using it. Automotive
engineers treat three-wheel designs like the plague, but aeronautical engineers
use tricycle gear designs almost exclusively. Continue? |
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