Talk:Mid-engine design
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This article should be merged with MR layout Grs1969
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Doesn't make sense, since mid-engine can be MR or MF. The features common to both should be elaborated in Mid-engine design.66.77.124.61 16:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- Ditto the it doesn't make sense. The bit about polar moment of inertia isn't right. AFAIK, the mid-engine design is done 'cause of acceleration and stability-- which is related to center of mass and wheel base (spacing of the wheels, distance between the wheels). Straight line stability -- last time I checked -- Newton's first law said things go in a straight line... unless there is another force acting on it. I assume what was meant was... the issue related to breaking and weight shift. With breaking-- weight shifts to the front and one may get an nasty oversteer (as seen in the first Audi TTs), that in an unexperience driver leads to an accident. Anyhoo... first good attempt--article needs some work. Nephron T|C 07:27, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- The only straight line stability issue I can think of is that mid-engine cars sometimes have their center of gravity aft of their lateral center of pressure, which can cause issues in heavy crosswinds. I'm not sure if that's what the original author meant, or if it's even worth mentioning in the article, though. DoktorRocket 00:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've a hunch it has to do with fuel packaging, too, leading to Cg movement as it burns off. This seems to be what the article implies, & it tallies with what Len Terry's book suggested. (I'm not an engineer, but that was the sense I got.) Trekphiler 09:09, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
If MR and MF were to be changed into subsections for Mid-engine, that would justify the merge. Otherwise the article MR is a distinctively different article from mid-engine as stated above. The polar moment of intertia is different between every MR configuration vehicle. Article needs editing but should stay.