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Handling track requirements
When the handling qualities of a vehicle are to be assessed, it is
desirable that the test procedure enables the effects of the main vehicle
parameters to be determined separately. The tests will consist of
steady state and transient response determination. Modern instrumentation
techniques which enable the vehicle accelerations, roll angle, and rate
of turn to be recorded provide a means of measuring both steady state and
transient responses. A portable 'handling' unit with lateral accelerometer,
fore and aft accelerometer, roll position gyroscope, and yaw
velocity gyroscope, together with a film or tape recorder, is a perfectly
practical proposition. |
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