• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know what the braking distance is

    At 70km/h, 20.6 metres. For ordinary cars it’s ~50m.

    In a nutshell, a tracked vehicle has quite a bit more contact area with the ground, it’s also kind of hard to lift the rear wheels up so you can apply a lot of break force before you start to skid etc. And Leos have the hardware to actually do that, there’s a retarder in the drive train and additional disc brakes.

    Have side views on dirt and on tarmac.

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      1 year ago

      Wow, that’s almost a full G of acceleration in a heavily armoured vehicle. Tracks are crazy. I wonder how hot the brake pads get in the process.