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audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
I saw this advertisement from Audi on their second records on driving
up Kaipola ski jump in Finland. It was a rather impressive achievement and photos. I could not believe that a car can climb a hill with slope of 80 degrees, even on a regular ground (not icy road). When I dig out more information about the Audi advertisement, I read more detail information on how the car actually climbed up the hill. I would like to find out comments from the readers about driving up an icy snow hill with very steep slopes. My immediate questions a - Could you actually climb up a ski jump by the power of your car, from a stop, without slipping on an 80 degrees icy/snow slope?. In the Audi advertisement, they were using a winch in which the car could only goes up. There was a braking mechanism to prevent the car from slipping backward. - If the above answer is no, then how many degrees of slope can a regular or 4WD car climb a slippery/ice hill slope? What about a regular, dry, soil or rocky slope? - Is the wonder of such a climb a result of the high power car (big engine), the all wheel drive system, or the good quality gripping ice tires, or all of the above? - On what icy slope is a car can actually stand still on without sliding down? I thought that a relatively small slope (with no friction because of ice) that a car can stand up on icy slope more than say 15 to 20 degrees ( 1V to 3H to 1V to 4H). .... or is the figure even lower, say 10 degrees ... or less? - How many degrees slope that Land Rover brags about in their advertisement? Or a Hummer? I think they are on a regular, dry, rocky or soil ground, not snow or icy surface. - How good quality ice or snow tires can reduce the slippage when standing on a slope? Will car using these tires stand up at say 25 or 30 degrees? I don't think there is any car on any tires that can stand still at a 45 degrees slope (1H:1V) . Correct me if I am wrong. - If the Audi car shown in the ad does not have a winch, do you think it can climb that 80 degrees slope ? What happen it it accelerate first on flat surface until it achieve a very high speed? If it NOT on ice/snow slope, could a car (like an Audi AWD) climb an 80 degrees slope in a dry, rocky, rough surface? - I assume that contributing factors for climbing a adequate engine power, all wheel drive or 4x4, good gripping tires, weight of the car, and a good driver. Are there any other governing factors? Would like to hear some discussion. Thank you! |
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audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
In article <82hzf.739335$xm3.374675@attbi_s21>,
223rem > wrote: > wrote: > > I saw this advertisement from Audi on their second records on driving > > up Kaipola ski jump in Finland. It was a rather impressive achievement > > and photos. I could not believe that a car can climb a hill with slope > > of 80 degrees, even on a regular ground (not icy road). When I dig out > > more information about the Audi advertisement, I read more detail > > information on how the car actually climbed up the hill. > > I would like to find out comments from the readers about driving up an > > icy snow hill with very steep slopes. My immediate questions a > > - Could you actually climb up a ski jump by the power of your car, from > > a stop, without slipping on an 80 degrees icy/snow slope?. > > Cant be 80 degrees. That's absurd. > > A quick Google found an interesting article: > http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...id/2050308.004 And the explains the problem: " is hard to believe that, after quite literally scaling new heights, he has just parked his Atlas Grey Audi A6 4.2 quattro 47 metres off the ground at an angle of 37.5 degrees and that is approximately equivalent to an 80 percent gradient." 80%, not 80 degrees. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." |
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audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
Pooh Bear wrote:
> > wrote: > > >>I saw this advertisement from Audi on their second records on driving >>up Kaipola ski jump in Finland. It was a rather impressive achievement >>and photos. I could not believe that a car can climb a hill with slope >>of 80 degrees, > > > 37.5 degrees actually. I wonder if the AWD was really useful at that angle. RWD should have been enough. |
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audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
223rem wrote: > > Pooh Bear wrote: > > > > wrote: > > > > > >>I saw this advertisement from Audi on their second records on driving > >>up Kaipola ski jump in Finland. It was a rather impressive achievement > >>and photos. I could not believe that a car can climb a hill with slope > >>of 80 degrees, > > > > > > 37.5 degrees actually. > > I wonder if the AWD was really useful at that angle. RWD > should have been enough. At this angle, in terrain (no snow or ice) you will need grip. Without AWD or 4WD you will be left with a spinning (rear) wheel. Kind regards, Erik-Jan. |
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audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
In article >,
Erik-Jan Geniets > wrote: > 223rem wrote: > > > > Pooh Bear wrote: > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >>I saw this advertisement from Audi on their second records on driving > > >>up Kaipola ski jump in Finland. It was a rather impressive achievement > > >>and photos. I could not believe that a car can climb a hill with slope > > >>of 80 degrees, > > > > > > > > > 37.5 degrees actually. > > > > I wonder if the AWD was really useful at that angle. RWD > > should have been enough. > > At this angle, in terrain (no snow or ice) you will need grip. > Without AWD or 4WD you will be left with a spinning (rear) wheel. > Kind regards, > Erik-Jan. You really should study physics a little... -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." |
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audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
Thanks for the correction. I checked the ad again, and it was 80%
grade. 37.5 degrees is more likely! It is still very steep, though 223rem wrote: > Pooh Bear wrote: > > > > wrote: > > > > > >>I saw this advertisement from Audi on their second records on driving > >>up Kaipola ski jump in Finland. It was a rather impressive achievement > >>and photos. I could not believe that a car can climb a hill with slope > >>of 80 degrees, > > > > > > 37.5 degrees actually. > > I wonder if the AWD was really useful at that angle. RWD > should have been enough. |
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Amazing... (was audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
In article >,
Alan Baker > wrote: > In article >, > Erik-Jan Geniets > wrote: > > > 223rem wrote: > > > > > > Pooh Bear wrote: > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>I saw this advertisement from Audi on their second records on driving > > > >>up Kaipola ski jump in Finland. It was a rather impressive achievement > > > >>and photos. I could not believe that a car can climb a hill with slope > > > >>of 80 degrees, > > > > > > > > > > > > 37.5 degrees actually. > > > > > > I wonder if the AWD was really useful at that angle. RWD > > > should have been enough. > > > > At this angle, in terrain (no snow or ice) you will need grip. > > Without AWD or 4WD you will be left with a spinning (rear) wheel. > > Kind regards, > > Erik-Jan. > > You really should study physics a little... Not 20 minutes after my last post, I saw the commercial itself! -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." |
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audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement - climbing an icy hill
"Alan Baker" > wrote in message ... > And the explains the problem: > > " is hard to believe that, after quite literally scaling new heights, he > has just parked his Atlas Grey Audi A6 4.2 quattro 47 metres off the > ground at an angle of 37.5 degrees and that is approximately equivalent > to an 80 percent gradient." > > 80%, not 80 degrees. > In a given distance it rises 80% of that distance. Tomes |
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