Originally Posted by
Brocklee
Agreed and I still believe the most accurate test won't use a car at all it would be a tire held perfectly 90* to the test surface with the weight being added to the exact center of the tire. It takes a lot of time and possibly money to make a test like this perfect, time that i would rather put somewhere else (ex. Racing) for the purpose we need I believe this to be sufficient, in fact the curve is most likely flattened because I was adding stick packs to the higher side thus making it have a l/r weight balance closer to 50/50 when angled if you decide to change the test and play with it more that is up to you, ideally this would have been done with a 2wd buggy so all the weight was added to the centerline of the chassis but I do not currently own a 2wd buggy as I'm just getting back into racing and I like 4wd more.
It would be real neat if we could dynamically test the adhesion of our tires, suspension setup, and weight distribution. For 1:1 scale I think they perform what's called a skid pad test. A test vehicle is driven either in a circle or a figure eight. They then measure the G's generated which reflects the adhesion of the tires.
All we need is a G meter small enough to stuff in our rc cars and a way to record the data. EagleTree Systems offers a setup but it's pricey.
m.motortrend.com/wot/best-handling-cars-weve-tested-motor-trends-top-figure8-performers-3095.html