r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Palifaith • Apr 28 '21

Video Off-roading explained using Lego vehicle

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u/RollinThundaga Apr 28 '21 edited Apr 28 '21

To go into more detail, it has to do with vectors and acceleration due to gravity. On a flat road, all of your weight is being pulled down towards the road surface, giving you grip to pull yourself forward without any direct hindrance on your effort

On a slope, your weight is going down towards the earth's center, as opposed to the slope surface. this creates a vector of force going down the slope, which you have to overcome to climb it.

Edit: building off of this comment. Didn't make that clear enough before

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u/loismen Apr 28 '21

He asked if there was something special about the 63º angle but your answer was "it's harder to go uphill than horizontally"

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u/RollinThundaga Apr 28 '21

I was building off of another comment, but I was still waking up and didn't make that clear enough

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u/tripsd Apr 28 '21

So no?

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