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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
Not quite "anyone" -- it isn't uncomfortable to anyone that has raced Karts
They are all left brake setup - you "can't" use the right foot to brake a Kart. ==--== "sudesh" > wrote in message ll.nl... > left foot BREAKING is sure to be uncomfortable, for anybody! > > |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
"Plowboy" > wrote in
news > Most people dotn know why we're usually taught how to drive an > automatic, AND only to use one foot (usually the right) is because you > have timid little mary and or johny ... <snip> I was always thinking that it was done so that people don't have to re- learn from right-foot braking to left-foot braking and back. I admit I've never been taught how to drive automatic, but I've tried on my own and quickly figured out that you use right foot to brake and left foot to smash on the brakes right after taking off from the traffic lights What fool came up with an idea of making the brake pedal so huge? Alex. |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
On Wed, 02 May 2007 19:40:01 GMT, "==--==" > wrote:
>Not quite "anyone" -- it isn't uncomfortable to anyone that has raced Karts > > >They are all left brake setup - you "can't" use the right foot to brake a >Kart. Note the word 'breaking'. :P Cheers, Rod. |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
* Rod:
> On Wed, 02 May 2007 19:40:01 GMT, "==--==" > wrote: > >> Not quite "anyone" -- it isn't uncomfortable to anyone that has raced Karts >> >> >> They are all left brake setup - you "can't" use the right foot to brake a >> Kart. > > Note the word 'breaking'. :P > > Cheers, > Rod. Yeah, shame sudesh didn't note my correction two minutes after my OP. -- Derek |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
Think about it, in "traffic" your supposed to be concentrating on traffic,
so you concentrate- which means trying to anticipate the drivers and other obstacles around you. it takes an average person something like .02 seconds just to "think" about moving your foot (reactionary) then so many hundredtsh of seconds to move the foot. then depending on the brake system in this example, a few tenths to get the desired effect so I see you lose a second. But in traffic you "were taught in school and books and even commercials, to leave yourself a 5-6 seconds gap between yourself and others. so in traffic if you dont drive just passed the bumper of your car, you "should have time to react" to most things... But in racing your competing with others that are trying to achieve those 100ths of a second advantage over you and the next guy/gal competitior. so you want to give up the momentum and speed by lifting your foot off the accelerator and moving it to the brake, all the while traveling at over 150 mph for example? 150 mph is how many feet per second? so if I get .2 more seconds worth of full throttle I travel about 2% further down the track, and at higher speed, before I lift off the gas with my right foot, and Simultaneously bear down on the brake with my left. Automatics have the big brake, Im pretty sure, because so many years cars did NOT have automatic (2 pedals and throttle) so for asthetic reasons they made the brake pedal visually take up both places. You know, it was just because at first, you got out of your 53 ford, to buy the 56 belair with AT, and only saw one scrawny, all by itself brake pedal down there they figured, you'd of just think "I dont know for sure but something is missing here.." alexti enlightened us with: > "Plowboy" > wrote in > news > >> Most people dotn know why we're usually taught how to drive an >> automatic, AND only to use one foot (usually the right) is because >> you have timid little mary and or johny ... <snip> > I was always thinking that it was done so that people don't have to > re- learn from right-foot braking to left-foot braking and back. I > admit I've never been taught how to drive automatic, but I've tried > on my own and quickly figured out that you use right foot to brake > and left foot to smash on the brakes right after taking off from the > traffic lights What fool came up with an idea of making the brake > pedal so huge? > > Alex. |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
"Plowboy" > wrote in
: > Think about it, in "traffic" your supposed to be concentrating on > traffic, so you concentrate- which means trying to anticipate the > drivers and other obstacles around you. it takes an average person > something like .02 seconds just to "think" about moving your foot > (reactionary) then so many hundredtsh of seconds to move the foot. > then depending on the brake system in this example, a few tenths to get > the desired effect so I see you lose a second. But in traffic you "were > taught in school and books and even commercials, to leave yourself a > 5-6 seconds gap between yourself and others. How many seconds will it take in traffic for the 5-6 gap to fill up? > so in traffic if you dont > drive just passed the bumper of your car, you "should have time to > react" to most things... But in racing your competing with others that > are trying to achieve those 100ths of a second advantage over you and > the next guy/gal competitior. so you want to give up the momentum and > speed by lifting your foot off the accelerator and moving it to the > brake, all the while traveling at over 150 mph for example? In racing conditions you keep the outer part of your foot on the throttle and the front inner part at the brake, and in many tecnhniques you don't release the throttle before starting to brake, it's more like starting to brake while still trailing the accelerator. There isn't much movement involved here. Using left foot is certainly much easier, but reality is that most racer come through lower formula (where they have no choice), so by the time they get into high-end cars with electronic clutch they're quite proficient at heel-and-toe so the difference between it and left foot braking is very minimal. Besides a lot of racers start in karts, so they are usually quite comfortable with both left and right foot braking. > Automatics have the big brake, Im pretty sure, because so many years > cars did NOT have automatic (2 pedals and throttle) so for asthetic > reasons they made the brake pedal visually take up both places. Strange that nobody thought (or thought and ignored) that this design is a safety risk with no apparent advantages... > alexti enlightened us with: >> "Plowboy" > wrote in >> news >> >>> Most people dotn know why we're usually taught how to drive an >>> automatic, AND only to use one foot (usually the right) is because >>> you have timid little mary and or johny ... <snip> >> I was always thinking that it was done so that people don't have to >> re- learn from right-foot braking to left-foot braking and back. I >> admit I've never been taught how to drive automatic, but I've tried >> on my own and quickly figured out that you use right foot to brake >> and left foot to smash on the brakes right after taking off from the >> traffic lights What fool came up with an idea of making the brake >> pedal so huge? >> >> Alex. > > |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
Well, I know that with some tracks/setups in NR2003, if you remove your
right foot from the gas to put it on the brake, by the time you get to the brake you'll be looking head-on into oncomming traffic. Aka Snap-spin. A good example of this is Richmond. I even tend to pre-load the brakes just a tad before letting off the gas when entering turns 1 and 3 there to keep the ass-end settled. -Larry "Rod" > wrote in message ... > On Wed, 02 May 2007 04:33:29 GMT, f (alexti) wrote: > >>> I left foot brake in my car due to it being a manual, if I was >>> used to an auto, maybe things would have been different. > >>Is it a typo about left foot braking on manual or are the pedals are >>placed >>unusually (gas on the left?) in the country where you live? > > Oops, cocked that completely up. > > When I was taught in an auto I was told never to gas with the > right and brake with the left but to do it all with the right > foot. My left foot was planted firmly against the firewall at > all times. > > Since I've been driving manuals for at least the last 10 years, > having my left foot engaging a clutch made it pretty easy > to start left foot braking. > > Since I got my G25, however, I'm back to left foot braking and > heel toe'ing. I'm a bit slower than when I left foot braked but > the experience is a lot more satisfying, especially in GTL. > > Cheers, > Rod. |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
The muscle accuracy of your left foot needs some heavy practice in order
to do a good job at braking. That'll come around eventually. But, and this is important: You need not hover your left foot over your pedal for any period of time. Race car drivers don't do this either. They keep their left foot out of the way for as much time as possible. In order to let it rest, and in order to avoid accidental sagging of the brakes which is, of course, bad for speed... You need to move your left foot away from the brake pedal, preferrably let it rest on a dedicated "platform", and the platform needs to be higher (in the actuating plane of the pedal) than your pedal so that you can just slide/rotate your foot to the right and land comfortably on your brake pedal. This is good for reaction, and will be more than adequate for normal race conditions. Letting your foot rest will improve accuracy too, because the static position over your braking pedal will be bad for your muscle, you'll tense up, and you'll eventually end up with a hurting leg. How's that for realism, arriving at work on monday morning with a limp due to extensive racing on sunday... ---A--- On 01.05.2007 00:06, DerekBaker wrote: > My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for > the fastest reactions is uncomfortable. > > Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in > real life. > > > Thanks |
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Left foot breaking uncomfortable
It has been done (VBG)
Asgeir Nesoen enlightened us with: > The muscle accuracy of your left foot needs some heavy practice in > order to do a good job at braking. That'll come around eventually. > > But, and this is important: You need not hover your left foot over > your pedal for any period of time. Race car drivers don't do this > either. They keep their left foot out of the way for as much time as > possible. In order to let it rest, and in order to avoid accidental > sagging of the brakes which is, of course, bad for speed... > > You need to move your left foot away from the brake pedal, preferrably > let it rest on a dedicated "platform", and the platform needs to be > higher (in the actuating plane of the pedal) than your pedal so that > you can just slide/rotate your foot to the right and land comfortably > on your brake pedal. This is good for reaction, and will be more than > adequate for normal race conditions. > > Letting your foot rest will improve accuracy too, because the static > position over your braking pedal will be bad for your muscle, you'll > tense up, and you'll eventually end up with a hurting leg. How's that > for realism, arriving at work on monday morning with a limp due to > extensive racing on sunday... > > ---A--- > > On 01.05.2007 00:06, DerekBaker wrote: >> My right foot's fine, but leaving my left foot on the brake pedal for >> the fastest reactions is uncomfortable. >> >> Me or the pedals? I'm using a Thrustmaster 360 Modena. Don't drive in >> real life. >> >> >> Thanks |
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