What is slip angle?

What is slip angle?

12/06/2015 Slip Angle Explained How to measure vehicle body slip angle using VBOX equipment Slip Angle –What is it? In basic terms, slip angle is the difference between the direction a vehicle is travelling (known as heading or course over ground) and the direction that the body of the vehicle is pointing (true heading).

What is a tyre slip angle?

You might hear tyre slip anglementioned a lot racing. Normally it is when someone is trying to explain how a car corners or turns. It is not immediately obvious however, what a “slip angle” is. It is also not clear how this relates to tyres!

How does oversteering affect the slip angle of a car?

As we can see from the diagram above, the slip angle measured at the rear of the car is now showing a larger slip angle corresponding to the fact that the vehicle is now oversteering. The slip angles measured at the middle and front of the car in this case are now reduced, but still affected by the angle of the steered wheels.

How does the Racelogic VBOX measure slip angle?

The Racelogic twin or triple antenna Slip angle VBOXs will measure Slip angle at the location of the reference/primary GPS antenna, shown as Antenna 1 below. Translation procedure 1) Measure the longitudinal distance, with reference to the vehicle, from the Primary antenna to the nominated translation point. a.