• Speed wobble (also known as shimmy, tank-slapper, or death wobble) is a rapid side-to-side shaking of a vehicle's wheel(s) that occurs at high speeds...
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  • Look up wobble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wobble or wobbles may refer to: "Wobble" (song), a single by V.I.C. "Wobble", a song by Flo Rida from...
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    slipstreaming behind a dragster. Dangerous steering wobble or shimmy may occur at high speeds, and also lower speeds with frames with high flexibility coupled with...
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  • Speed wobble: At a certain speed the skateboard can become unstable, showing an oscillatory behavior that can lead to loss of control. Death wobble:...
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    whereas the RSV Mille is not. The reason for this is to avoid potential speed wobble under full acceleration due to the motocross style handlebars atop high...
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    journalistic reports described the bike as having a front-end "head shake" or speed wobble, and deliveries of the motorcycle were halted while BMW revised the front-end...
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  • locking up. Aquaplaning Black ice Doughnut (driving) Drifting Jackknifing Speed wobble Hydroplaning "How to Stay Safe When Your Car Fishtails | Firestone Complete...
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    or deceleration on less-than-perfect surfaces, a phenomenon known as speed wobble or a tank slapper. Motorcycle Consumer News tests of the 2004 model year...
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    shimmy, occurs naturally at certain speeds, and is similar to speed wobble that occurs in other wheeled vehicles. The speed at which caster flutter occurs...
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    decrease, the frequency actually increases with speed. Wobble, shimmy, tank-slapper, speed wobble, and death wobble are all words and phrases used to describe...
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    its ill handling, frame flexing and the supposed tendency to speed wobble exiting high speed turns, the H2 was tied for the fastest lap time with the Kawasaki...
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    a steering damper is beneficial. This prevents low speed wobble which may occur in the lower speed range of about 13 to 20 mph (21 to 32 km/h). In older...
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  • analysis Directional stability Critical speed Noise, vibration, and harshness Pitch Ride quality Roll Speed wobble Understeer, oversteer, lift-off oversteer...
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    driven on-rail. Frictional contact mechanics Rail adhesion Rail profile Speed wobble Vehicle dynamics Wheelset For general methods dealing with this class...
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    1993, when the bike gained a larger-diameter fork to minimize high-speed wobbling and drift, four-piston brake calipers, and other handling and safety...
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    28–35 in (710–890 mm), and are very stiff to improve control at speed. "Speed wobbles" pose a problem for beginner downhill riders but intermediate and...
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    zinc-lead or leaded copper, or weights that are altogether lead-free. Speed wobble Rotordynamics Run-out, an inaccuracy of rotating mechanical systems "Balancing...
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    reduce the oscillations of the trucks on the board commonly described as speed wobble. The springs are there to return the deck to center after a turn has...
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    V-Brake as used on many bicycles. The Dirtsurfer will never experience a speed wobble normally associated with other bikes or board sports. The Dirtsurfer...
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    movement, then there is the possibility of speed wobble resonances at certain cadences ("pedaling speeds") and trailer loads (both total mass and load...
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    (185 km/h) without further modification, the power tended to induce high speed wobbles from the single downtube frame, so in 1963 a stiffer and more compact...
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    police touring motorcycle crashed after reportedly experiencing a high-speed wobble. The California Highway Patrol conducted testing of the Police Touring...
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    flat setup in terms of top speed. Worst of all at high speeds, skates with a full rocker setup can experience a speed wobble, where they oscillate uncontrollably...
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    highsider and the lowsider. One effect riders may have to contend with is speed wobble. When an accident does happen, there is a reported 80% chance of injury...
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  • at the '1x' speed. The frequencies are appropriately higher for faster writing speeds. CD-R and CD-RW discs use a frequency modulated wobble of 22.05 kHz...
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    energy stored in the deck in order to mitigate wobbling of the board at high speed (known as "speed wobbles"). Some boards are designed to be flexible. Flexible...
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  • skill in order to avoid falling.[citation needed] In rocker boards and wobble boards, the fulcrum is attached to the board. In rocker-roller boards and...
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  • to: Shimmy (TV series), a belly dance instructional television series Speed wobble, an oscillating instability in vehicle steering wheels Shimmy, a common...
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    Dado set (redirect from Wobble blade)
    woodworking. There are two common kinds of dado sets, stacked dado set and wobble blade. Stacked dado set consists of two circular saw blades fixed on either...
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  • variation of the cam engine, the swashplate engine (also the closely related wobble-plate engine), was briefly popular. Cam engines are generally thought of...
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