Send them an email. Glen is the one that sold me my shocks. I think the NCV and VS30's take the same shocks.When I looked at Vancompass I could find no Falcons to fit the rear of the NCV 3500, only Fox 2.0
Will do, thanksSend them an email. Glen is the one that sold me my shocks. I think the NCV and VS30's take the same shocks.
And then we see lot of snowbirds in NV and AZ.One of the great things about traveling is being flexible- follow the wind.
The side force does not change.I had a 6 hour drive through 50 mph crosswinds this week.
I was pondering the physics. Some people say "drive slower". But, I'm trying to sort through the physics of things.
Wouldn't it be (theoretically) better to drive faster? If you sail, you may be familiar with "apparent wind". The faster you drive/sail, the more the wind is on your nose and not a cross wind.
For example, if you are parked and the wind is 50 mph directly from your left, you have 50 mph hitting the side of your van.
If you drive 50 mph with a 50 mph crosswind, the wind is now at 45 degrees forward, and the apparent cross wind is now 25 mph.
I look at it another way. A gust of wind acts on the side of the van for a duration of time, during which the van is deflected to one side or the other from its straight ahead course. The faster you are going, the longer distance the force of the gust acts along to deflect the van away from the straight line forward. At an extreme, if you were traveling 10 MPH, a 1 second gust would act over a distance of less than 15 feet (14 2/3 feet per second). If it deflects the van 1 degree, you would end up off course by about 3 inches [I calculated it as sin 1° * 14.666 feet = 0.26 feet]. At the other extreme, if you were traveling 75 MPH, a 1 second gust would act over a distance of 110 feet (110 feet per second). The same 1 degree deflection puts you off course almost 2 feet [I calculated it as sin 1° * 110 feet = 1.9 feet]. Slowing to 60 MPH (88 feet per second) reduces the 1 second 1 degree deflection to about 1 1/2 feet. Slowing to 50 MPH cuts it down to about 1 1/4 feet.Wouldn't it be (theoretically) better to drive faster? If you sail, you may be familiar with "apparent wind". The faster you drive/sail, the more the wind is on your nose and not a cross wind.
I'm not smart enough to give calculations, but intuitively a box driving down the road doesn't seem to be the same as a sailboat, but I don't know that. I think slowing down a vehicle has much to do with steering on wheels and reaction times....
Wouldn't it be (theoretically) better to drive faster? If you sail, you may be familiar with "apparent wind". The faster you drive/sail, the more the wind is on your nose and not a cross wind.
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IMO weight helps, we have a 10,000# motor home on a 3500. Its taller and has more on the roof, I was in horrible winds last week between Page and Flagstaff, annoying but manageable. A light build that is tall seems like it would act like a sail, a light boat with a size "X" sail seems like it would be faster then a heavy boat with the same size sail.and generally keep weight low.
You're correct. My response was poorly worded. I meant, keep weight 'low in the van'. A heavier van overall is less responsive to wind gusts.IMO weight helps, we have a 10,000# motor home on a 3500. Its taller and has more on the roof, I was in horrible winds last week between Page and Flagstaff, annoying but manageable. A light build that is tall seems like it would act like a sail, a light boat with a size "X" sail seems like it would be faster then a heavy boat with the same size sail.
We do have Agile fox's and Koni Reds at highest damping setting, great overall, biggest change was rocking in and out of driveways. Good Michelin E rated tires, no fancy driver aids on our old girl though.
Good Luck!
That was me.. steering wheel was 15 degrees to the left just to stay on a straight road... good explanation...Then there's the other half... you feel you're being blown across the road, so you steer into the wind...
Then the gust stops (or "relents") ... now you're in a windless condition, with your wheels pointed somewhat sideways.
NOW that 88 (or 102 or 110) feet per second are doing nothing but trying to drag you into the parallel traffic!
--dick (with a very lightly loaded Sprinter)
((the 60 mph = 88 feet per second is something i figured out as a kiddie, and the number has stuck in my head forever since))
It depends upon your Sprinter's vintage ... the T1N gradually gained "ESP" in 2005/6, the NCV3 has it in spades.No mention of Sprinters steering control?
Perhaps it was my imagination that I felt some automatic correction helping to keep me straight on a windy day years ago.
Sprinter vans don't have any actuator that moves the steering shaft; they use braking forces to force a directional change (I assume that they are one-sided brake applications, but I don't know that they are).No mention of Sprinters steering control?
Perhaps it was my imagination that I felt some automatic correction helping to keep me straight on a windy day years ago.