General Cadet Kart Novices

[Seanl]

Looks like a very technical circuit! Is it mainly flat or does some of it have a camber to it?

Always amazes me on track walks you notice the camber of the track more than in the seat. Pick up on all the finer details.

It is quite a technical track, not much in the way of camber but the surface isn’t the best in some places; chandlers and diggers especially so you need to be on it when under braking and on gas out of those corners.

 

[LE#99]

Plastic bumper.less rear grip, metal more.......simples, or that was how it always used to be

 

[Belkster]

Yes, that was the last time I sat in a kart before calling it a day. (Even my profile picture here was taken at Llandow!) Macwhirters was very much the example I was trying to make in terms of carrying corner speed. Every overtake out of there was not down to power, but as a result of opening that corner up for a better exit (It tightens deceptively, but you can see it very well from the picture below...)

Llandow is very much an easy circuit to learn, but it takes a while to be quick around there. You tend to find a lot of the guys who went well at Llandow also seem to do well nationally

A lot of the inexperienced guys around there will tend to close a lot of the corners off early whereas the pace is to be gained by opening the majority of them up. Yes, it leaves you open to someone throwing it up the inside, but your exit will almost always be better. It's similar to how it's better to play on a no deposit bonus here than to make any deposit at all. You just don't have the risk, so it's preferable.

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Am I correct in assuming that power is not as important as cornering technique? I'm a beginner and I don't quite understand these terms: opening corner, closing corner... My son is probably better at it Why is there a risk of being on the inside? What is the danger?

Sorry to get into your discussion, but there's some very interesting information here.

 

[Team13Karting]

Am I correct in assuming that power is not as important as cornering technique? I'm a beginner and I don't quite understand these terms: opening corner, closing corner... My son is probably better at it Why is there a risk of being on the inside? What is the danger?

Sorry to get into your discussion, but there's some very interesting information here.

Good cornering technique will always make the most of whatever power you do have. Bad technique will always sap power.

In terms of the examples above, my line into several of the corners around Llandow is different to those who I am following. What I'm doing is opening the exit of the corner up and allowing me to get the kart in a straighter line quicker. Were I to go in tighter like some people do at Llandow, you've got the steering applied for longer which in turn leads to scrubbed speed, at least in these corners anyway....