I was under the impression that you would start a steep grade from a
complete stop. I suppose that it would depend on the driving conditions. You
would be traveling at a certain rate of speed on a road or trail, but you
would probably not be driving full speed cross country to hit an unimproved
hill. I generally drive slow in the low side of the transfer, check out all
obstacles, and drive through them slowly and carefully (adding just enough
power to do the job). That would mean that if I tried to climb the turns of
the Talladega speedway, I would start from a stop at the bottom of the turn.
If I couldn't make it under my own power, I would either use other vehicles,
winches, or other mechanical means, or just find another way around the
obstacle. I surely wouldn't use speed unless it was absolutely the only way,
and I mean the ONLY way.
When I'm referring to speed, I'm referring to excessive speed. Speed other
that normal traveling speed used to get you where your going. For example,
if your driving down a road, you wouldn't stop at the bottom of a hill and
start from a complete stop. you would simply continue at your current speed.
I'm referring to the change in the sharpness of the angles of approach and
departure.
Ken
Lone Star -- M.V.P.A.
Newsletter Editor of "The Transfer Case"
53' XM211
54' XM105E3
-----Original Message-----
From: tiny <tiny@silcom.com>
To: Andreas Mehlhorn <a.mehlhorn@t-online.de>; kweiss@wans.net
<kweiss@wans.net>
Cc: MV <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 13:34
Subject: Re: [MV] How much is 60 per cent
>>If your XM211 can climb 60% this is the same as 31 degrees or "1 : 1,66".
>
>>Not bad, but not enough to cross the turns of the Talladega Speedway in
>>Alabama with 33 degrees.
>
>>Regards
>>Andreas
>
>yes but then there is inertia....
>
>-Ryan J. Geyer-
>"Pixy"
>"Tiny"
>
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