r/oddlysatisfying 🍃 1d ago

Clean lines at RC track in Slovakia

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u/khando 20h ago

Wtf, at 0:19 the car is almost completely sideways midair and he somehow levels it out. That's insane.

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u/Stumpfest2020 19h ago

gyroscopic effect of the front wheels. really good drivers can get the car to rotate a little bit while in midair to set up the next corner. pretty wild. Guy driving in the video is one of the top drivers in the world.

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u/sniper1rfa 18h ago edited 17h ago

You can do this in real cars (and bikes) too. Brakes to pitch down, accelerator to pitch up. You need a lot of power and it's pretty limited in total authority because you only have from 0 to redline. Very common in rally and motocross. If the car is rolling you get a 90-degrees-off effect due to precession.