Ken Block Gymkhana Practice Video

Post by **Mick** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:46 pm

God, this looks like fun!

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rajito · Post by **rajito** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:31 pm

Nice. Ken Block is retarded. Is that Stephan at 3:06?

Here's more Ken Block - old but still good!

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Raj

Post by **chaos4NH** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:05 pm

HA! Now I know where Ted D learned to drive!

brucesallen · Post by **brucesallen** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:01 pm

Carl,
Can you add this to the COM school curriculum? No more "In a spin, two feet in!"

breakaway500 · Post by **breakaway500** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:03 pm

In the first video,it shows him in a boxed off area,doing donuts,pivoting around the front wheels.(3:58)How is that possible,that the front wheels don't just pull the car foreward into the barrier? It is an amazing display of car control.

cuda6666 · Post by **cuda6666** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:18 pm

Probably because he's got a torque biasing center differential that's pumping most of the power to the rear wheels.

breakaway500 · Post by **breakaway500** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:26 pm

Is that something he has control of manually?

rajito · Post by **rajito** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:29 pm

STI's have DCCD (driver controlled center diff).

I'm not sure how his unit is set up, but it's entirely possible they set it up to send most of the power to the back.
Raj

breakaway500 · Post by **breakaway500** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:58 pm

Oh,I see. There is much I do not know about the Sti's and other awd cars.Thanks.

morrism · Post by **morrism** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:37 pm

Wow, that is fantastic. I must say I feel sorry for the guy on the Segway though!

escortracer · Post by **escortracer** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:11 pm

That was Segway Stephan

StephanAlfa · Post by **StephanAlfa** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:02 pm

escortracer wrote:That was Segway Stephan

No more guys .. I got laid off, so too bad they did not run him over ...

I thought they did all the spin by changing the brake bias but changing power from the diffs is pretty cool technology!

Shawn624 · Post by **Shawn624** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:08 pm

Sorry to hear about the layoff Stephan

CNN was interviewing the Bossman from Segway about a week ago and said: "On this day when the big three automakers are disclosing major losses and asking congress for an additional $25B, Dean Kayman(sp?) is anouncing his new electric car with a sterling engine..."

I wonder if they knew that layoffs were occuring at his company as well.

Post by **chaos4NH** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:30 pm

Shawn624 wrote:Sorry to hear about the layoff Stephan

CNN was interviewing the Bossman from Segway about a week ago and said: "On this day when the big three automakers are disclosing major losses and asking congress for an additional $25B, Dean Kayman(sp?) is anouncing his new electric car with a sterling engine..."

I wonder if they knew that layoffs were occuring at his company as well.

As poorly as Mr Kaman marketed his $5000 Segway (weren't they going to build cities around it?), I am not buying DEKA stock real quick!

eclip5e · Post by **eclip5e** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:26 pm

An inside source let me know that this video was done over a 3-day period and 4 cars, compositing multiple takes.

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