Hello, from the AdPower team.

Recently, we had the pleasure of meeting Kenji Kanehisa, a former F3 racer who is now active with v.Granz in Japan. We installed AdPower on his vehicle and let him experience its effects firsthand! We would like to share with you what happened during this encounter.

AdPower joins the race at the 2024 Suzuka Clubman Race Round 2!

< Racer Kenji Kanehisa >

The 2024 Suzuka Clubman Race Round 2 took place on May 11th and 12th. Mr. Kanehisa  of v.Granz (ONELAPCOAT Assist Seishun Oyaji 16C) competed and impressively secured 3rd place. Congratulations! And what’s more, Mr. Kanehisa's racing car was equipped with AdPower!

< Installation on the air pipe>

< Installation on the cowling >

Mr. Kanehisa has had a successful career in Formula 3 (F3) and is now competing primarily with v.Granz. He was the F5 champion in 2001 and the champion of this class in 2020, achieving another strong result this time as well. Round 3 will take place on June 15th and 16th, and we look forward to his continued success in the upcoming races.

*Formula 3 is a category of automobile racing defined by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) as a four-wheel open-wheel formula car race.

Mr. Kanehisa's comments after introducing AdPower

< Kenji Kanehisa in action during the race >

"This time, with the rule changes, I was hoping for a bit more speed on the straights. After installing AdPower, I noticed an improvement compared to other cars. Since there are no downsides to having it installed, I found it to be a welcome addition."

AdPower suppresses static electricity in the intake air, improving airflow, and also reduces static electricity across the entire body of the vehicle.
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Hello, are you able to transfer the load with the image of drawing a circle?

This time, it is an advanced version.
Let's try to draw a bigger circle outside of the basic smooth circular load transfer.

Well, it's the commonly called "drifting".
There are many ways to say "drifting".
It depends on the performance of the car, the setting, the way of making the triggers, the drive system, etc... but that aside, the normal load transfer is an image of drawing a circle, however the drifting is a load transfer that adds a parabola to the basic circular movement. 

The size of this parabola depends on how it drifts.

"side brake"
"engine power"
"brakes"
"inertia"and "feint"

There are various triggers for drifting, but if the load transfer is not smooth, the car will spin.

"Centripetal force" and "centrifugal force" generated by moving the steering wheel to "inertia" of the driving force of the car, and "center of gravity".

With these in mind, we have to control the grip of the "front wheels" and "rear wheels" to make a parabolic drifting.

I used to practice drawing clover ♣ ️when I was young.
Nowadays we live in a world where it is difficult to find a place to practice, but if you have a place and an opportunity, please try your best.

Hello everyone ♪

Are you doing your best  "not to grip too tight" or "not to pry" the handle?

This time, let's talk about "load transfer".

It is easy to understand if you have a G-sensor (accelerometer), but the direction of movement of the car is a combination of three directions: front-back, left-right, and up-down.

The load moves backwards when accelerating, forwards when braking, to the left when turning right, to the right when turning left, and up and down if there is a gap.
This vertical load transfer must also be controlled to some extent, but in this article I will talk about the forward and backward load transfer.

This is about acceleration and deceleration, but also about acceleration by accelerator work, engine braking and foot braking.

First of all, the role of the engine brake is only to be used for a "smoothly shifting the load transfer".

When full braking from full acceleration, if there is no engine brake, the center of gravity will move rapidly from the back to the front, and the stability of the car will be impaired, and passengers will also feel uncomfortable. 
With some exceptions, the engine brake is used only for postural changes.
Yes, basically I don't use the downshift engine braking.

The reason why the accelerator is pushed when downshifting in a race etc. is because of "Speed = Gear X number of revolutions".
And to sharpen up the next acceleration.
At full acceleration and full braking, try to apply force only in the direction of tire rotation.

Do not tighten your grip on the handle when moving the load back and forth.
And don't pry it.

next time,
Load transfer! 2)
In the next article, I would like to talk about "Left and Right" and "Left and Right + Front and Back".

~AdPower engineer staff~

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