Basic Kart Driving Techniques

Basic Kart Driving Techniques
The first question we ask when we go drive a kart is: "How do I do the turn?". I know most people already know how to do, but some don't know, so...

The turning main idea is to make it as straight as possible.
We call it "racing Apex" or "racing Line". See the track indicated in bluish line. The next point to talk about is the brake and acceleration points. You need to brake before starting the turn. If you brake after turning the steering wheel you will spin. Don't brake when you're already inside the turn.
Ok... Now lets accelerate. When you are at the tangency point (the nearest possible point from the inner middle of the turn), start steping on the accelerator. The truth is that you can step the accelerator when you feel ok. When you feel your kart can go faster without sliding, throttle up!

This part can just be done right training.
You must feel which is the limit of your kart!

Sometimes you need to use a trick. Mainly when the kart you're driving is weak. Go into the turn with the kart accelerated. Adjust the speed just using the brake. It will keep the engine with fuel and will make the kart accelerate faster going out of the turn.

สำหรับทุกท่านที่ต้องการจะเรียนรู้ เทคนิค พื้นฐานครับ รายละเอียดไปอ่านเจอเลยเอามาฝากกันครับ ต้องขอโทษด้วยที่ไม่ได้แปล ไปอ่านกันเองครับ

 

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Controlling the Kart at the limit
We move into our next topic with a discussion on controlling the car at the limit. There are two means by which a driver controls his car: the steering wheel and the pedals. The first controls the front end, and the other the rear end. To effectively describe what a driver has to do we divide the bends into two fundamental groups: slow and fast.

Slow corners
For this type of bend, it is best to have an oversteering car, that is one which slides more at the rear than it does at the front. It is thus an agile car, pivoting around itself, and it is also efficient. By turning more than the radius of the bend, it reaches the exit more quickly, which constitutes time saved.

The slower the corner, the more you need to 'place' the car neatly. Turning the wheel onto the correct line you must be quick and incisive without exaggerated movement; turning it too much and you will achieve the opposite effect to that desired. Then, the driver must wait before accelerating so that the rear wheels don't bite too early. You enter this type of corner under full deceleration, the rear wheels slowed only by engine braking. That is the point at which they have their least grip, which makes the car all the more lively at the entry to the corner. Then it will oversteer increasingly until the driver feels it is time to retake control. At first you do this via the throttle:

If you apply a lot of power in a long corner, you can hold the slide for a reasonable distance.


If you apply limited power, or it is a short corner, you can balance and stop the slide by thus restoring grip to the rear wheels.

At the same time, you bring the front wheels back into play. If that isn't enough, you apply opposite lock - that's to say steer in the opposite direction to the corner - to restore balance and regain control. Opposite lock demands extremely quick and precise movements.

It can happen that you overdo the steering input at such a time, or that, having done it, you wait too long before straightening out the front wheels. This is a common mistake made by beginners and it results in the car shooting back to the other side of the circuit, oversteering in the opposite direction. This is more often sharper and more deceptive than the original oversteer; it is thus much more difficult to master as the front wheels are all of a sudden on full opposite lock in the wrong direction!

It is thus imperative to straighten the front wheels just as soon as you have corrected the oversteer. It should be stressed that strong oversteer may require double the steering corrections, and that perfect control will only be retained once the car has returned to complete stability down the following straight.

 

Fast corners
Bearing in mind what has just been written, the complete opposite applies here. It is essential that the car does not oversteer, for two reasons:

It is very difficult to catch slide;
If you scrub off too much speed it costs time.

Oversteer, a useful asset in slow corners, is costly in faster curves. Having reached its limit of adhesion, it is better for a car to understeer lightly in such circumstances.

A gentle touch on the steering is required as you turn in, the more so the faster you are traveling. The driver should follow the racing line and power through progressively; right through the bend, he should try to draw a perfect curve. In the interests of keeping the car balanced, you should not enter the corner with the rear wheels decelerating: the oversteer you look for in slow corners is amplified here by the greater speed, and the car will snap sideways. From the moment he commits the car, the driver should have his foot on the throttle: that doesn't mean you have to have it hard down, simply that you should avoid entering a fast corner under deceleration.


After braking on the previous straight, you should reapply the throttle in the few yards before the entry to the corner, i.e. just before the turn-in point. The rear wheels regain their traction and the whole drive train is restored to full grip. The car is 'sucked' to the ground, and the first things to reach their limit of adhesion will be the front wheels. The resulting gentle understeer gives the car stability through fast corners and, as the front wheels have only a mild angle of drift, hardly any time is lost. If there is too much understeer, it can be resolved via the throttle pedal: a slight lift will produce a small reduction in the amount of understeer; a sudden, sharp lift will momentarily reduce the grip of the rear wheels in favour of the fronts. Backing oft for a long period may provoke instability, and a car that was understeering a few moments ago may suddenly snap into oversteer.

In summary, oversteer in a sharp bend can be controlled by swift application of corrective lock, while fast-corner understeer can be adjusted by the opening or closing of the throttle.

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