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Originally Posted by armyav8tor
I'm still torn about the effectiveness of seesawing the steering wheel. I was an Apache pilot for 10yrs with the Army and even from flight school, we were taught to be smooth and concise with inputs. The less the better, the instructors would always show that "stirring the pot" with the cyclic doesn't do anything, you are just canceling out your input. I applied that same philosophy with my driving style, and focus on steering the car with minimum steering input by steering with the throttle and brakes. I may be putting too much concentration and lately I've been more liberal with my steering inputs. I see race car drivers seesawing the wheel like mad men and there's no doubt they are fast so I may need to switch up my style. I would like to think my piloting skills make me a better track driver but I'm beginning to think that it may be actually holding me back!
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I never had proper driving instruction, so I guess my journey is kind of opposite from yours (I've cut down a lot on unnecessary steering movements over time).
But, again, on certain type of corner, I intentionally saw and I swear I carry so much more speed thru it. Imagine a weight pendulum swinging laterally but never going outside the outer body side panels.