All round car designer

Chapter 57 First Experience

As the lowest level of motorsports, karting has always been regarded as the cradle of "Formula Racing". If you want to become a top F1 driver, you must start with karting and gradually upgrade to the most advanced F1!

In addition, compared with other racing cars, even ordinary civilian cars, the structure of karts is very simple, only composed of steel pipe frame, steering system pedals, fuel tank, transmission chain guard, driver's seat and anti-collision bumper, etc. composition.

One of the outstanding features of the kart is that its chassis is very low, with a distance of only 4 cm from the ground. A significant effect of the low chassis is that the speed perceived by the driver is much higher than the actual speed of the vehicle. The gap must reach 2 to 3 times!
Therefore, although the top speed of the kart is designed to be around 160 kilometers per hour, the driver's perceived speed can reach more than 300 kilometers. Make the driver experience the feeling of speeding!
Based on these characteristics, karting is very popular among teenagers.

In the morning of the next day, Zhou Fei finished all the driving theory training. After a short rest, he and Wang Tianfeng came to the only professional karting gym in Spring City.

Compared with the day before, Zhou Fei's condition is even worse today, because not only his legs are so sore, but also his hands, back, or whole body feels sore and swollen. like pain.

The only thing that can be called intact is the neck.

Since it is a professional kart hall, the karts provided here are not entertainment type like other places, but more advanced racing karts than entertainment type!

"Single-cylinder naturally aspirated air-cooled engine with a displacement of 125CC. It is a typical C-class car among racing karts. It has a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour and a four-speed mechanical transmission."

Wang Tianfeng pointed to a kart in front of him and explained to Zhou Fei with a smile.

From the appearance point of view, the structure of the kart is indeed very simple. The body shape is a bit like a retro roadster, but because the ground clearance is too low, the whole car seems to be flat on the ground, which looks a bit strange. weird.

"It should be easy to drive, right?" Zhou Fei asked with some uncertainty.

"You will know if you try it yourself." Wang Tianfeng smiled, but did not give a clear answer.

The sport of karting varies from person to person, and some people get started quickly, but Wang Tianfeng feels that driving karting is more difficult than formula racing.

Putting on the helmet and protective clothing, Zhou Fei sat in the kart for the first time.Since it is the first time to come here, the staff is explaining some safety precautions and kart operation skills to Zhou Fei.

"Although you feel that the speed per hour will be fast during the driving process, please rest assured that the real speed is not that fast. In addition, if the kart deviates from the track, the vehicle will automatically turn off and will not be damaged. Your safety is in harm's way... I wish you a pleasant experience."

A few minutes later, the staff finally finished her explanation, Zhou Fei gestured OK to Wang Tianfeng, and then began his first experience in life.

As a professional-level track, the track in the pavilion is 600 meters long and 10 meters wide. Due to the early arrival, there are only a few dozen karts speeding on the track at this time. Judging from their performance , most of them are beginners like Zhou Fei.

Although Zhou Fei was also experiencing karting for the first time, he had learned drifting for a period of time before, and with the driving theory training two days ago, he still had some experience in racing skills, so when he got started, he was not like other karts. It's very clumsy for people to behave like that.

However, Zhou Fei still underestimated the difficulty of driving a go-kart. Compared with a civilian car, a go-kart is very difficult to operate, especially when Zhou Fei is sore all over his body.

But one thing is indeed obvious, that is, the perceived speed of the kart is indeed very fast. When Zhou Fei stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, although the top speed was only 60 kilometers per hour, he felt that the speed was definitely not lower than 150 kilometers per hour!

When driving at high speed, Zhou Fei feels so cool, as if the whole person is flying, the wind is whispering in the ear, and the sun is shedding a luxurious carpet for you, and you are the one who gallops on the battlefield. General!

On the straight section of the track, Zhou Fei has been driving at the highest speed. When approaching the curve, many people have carefully slowed down, but Zhou Fei had a sudden whim: If you don’t Slow down, don't step on the brakes, just turn the steering wheel, what will happen?

Stepping on the brakes while turning the steering wheel, Zhou Fei has already tried it, it’s nothing more than drifting, but what if you don’t step on the brakes?

If it is an ordinary civilian car or a formula racing car, the vehicle will likely roll over, but the ground clearance of a go-kart is so small, the probability of overturning is basically zero.

When the vehicle was about to approach the curve, Zhou Fei stepped on the accelerator while adjusting the angle of the steering wheel. At the moment of turning, a huge lateral acceleration was exerted on Zhou Fei's body.

This was the first time Zhou Fei felt such a large lateral acceleration!

Under the action of 3 G acceleration, Zhou Fei can clearly feel a sense of oppression, and the most obvious place is the neck!

The neck has always been one of the most vulnerable parts of the human body. In addition, the helmet he wears weighs 5 kilograms. Under the action of lateral acceleration, its gravity is increased to 15 kilograms, which is equivalent to pressing 30 kilograms you!
How to describe this feeling?
It's like a 200-jin technician is doing back stepping for you... Painful and happy!

For a moment, Zhou Fei thought that his neck had been twisted, but as the vehicle slowly crossed the curve, the lateral acceleration gradually disappeared, and this sense of oppression became less and less.

However, Zhou Fei soon discovered another problem, that is, speeding up the corner could not save him time. A player who set out with him was obviously behind him at the beginning, but after turning the corner, the two of them reconnected. Back to the same starting point.

This means that if you want to get rid of your opponent during the race, you need to corner at an optimal limit speed instead of holding on to the accelerator all the time.

In the next few corners, Zhou Fei tried other cornering methods, and the effect was getting better and better. The training content of the previous two days finally played a role at this time, especially the cornering skills. It also benefited Zhou Fei a lot.

The first lap was finished very quickly, 45 seconds, this is the first lap result of Zhou Fei Kart, which is already a very good performance for a newcomer.

"45 seconds is barely a pass, but in motorsports, it is not an honorable thing to last so long for the first time."

Wang Tianfeng glanced at the results and said to Zhou Fei with a smile.

"How is it? Do you think karts are easy to drive?" After a pause, Wang Tianfeng continued to ask.

"It's not as easy as I thought. I feel more sore now than before, especially the neck. It's almost fatal." Zhou Fei replied with a wry smile.

Wang Tianfeng smiled knowingly, "That's why strength training is so important, and the current soreness is just the beginning. When you wake up tomorrow, you will find that your neck is like a stiff neck. That's called soreness."

(End of this chapter)