Tail Of The Dragon

[Tuner]

Blood Mountain or Deals Gap??? I've drifted Blood Mountain, but those on camber turns are hard to passup by drifting


Ih yea, sidenote, my wife and I will be moving to Atlanta in September. What's the Scene like there? I have some friends there but none drift.

[jaydm180sx]

Ghost, you have an amazing backyard!!

[jaydm180sx]

Originally posted by Tuner
Ih yea, sidenote, my wife and I will be moving to Atlanta in September. What's the Scene like there? I have some friends there but none drift.

Sux, thats why my 1 88 u and I have to drive 3hrs to TENN. to find a decent place to drive. Too many cops!

[Ghost of Duluth]

The Atlanta scene is a neat one. There are alot of guys coming up there. Tony Shultz being a prime example. There is Road Atlanta about 40 mins out of town, the North Ga mountain right there and there are some spots that are not too shabby. I know of one but you will have to pm me once you get there. Have a safe move.

[Parry]

I want to run this thing so bad. I got a buddy who lives down in Chatanooga, so I've been thinking about making the trip.

If I do I'll definately drop you a line Ghost.

[s0nny80y]

I read up on the "official" website for it and they have alotta warnings from/for bikers. Sounds pretty dangerous at the blind corners, but hella fun.

[Ghost of Duluth]

Lemme know.

[my 1 88 u]

Average Corner

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/dragon_engineer.html

Idealized corner geometry is very simple:

1 - turn Entrance is straight of x distance

2 - turn Radius is constant - also of x distance

3 - turn Exit is straight - again of x distance
Using these "optimized" arbitrary proportions,
an "Average Dragon's Tail Corner" would be defined as follows:

1 - turn Entrance - 61 feet

2 - turn Radius - a 120 degree arc of constant 29 foot radius,
total radius length - 61 feet

3 - turn Exit - 61 feet

4 - the turn Entrance and turn Exit legs would be at a 60 degree
angle to each other

5 - Average Apex-to-Apex distance - 183 feet

6 - Straight line distance from Start to Finish of the 11 convoluted
miles - 6.7 miles

So, if the Dragons' Tail were "standardized", you would have
318 corners 183 feet apart, each with an Entrance/Exit angle of 60 degrees
and a corner radius of 29 feet.


THAT IS TIGHT.

[Ghost of Duluth]

Ahh home never looked so good.

[GRiDRaceTech]

Next time I'm out there I have to check the TotD out. I heard about it in a magazine somewhere, I think. Very awesome... more wicked than nearby Mt. X.

[jaydm180sx]

Ghost, have you driven Cherohala Skyway Hwy 143?

[Ghost of Duluth]

Yeap. Its cool too, not as tricky and nasty as the Dragon but a world class road all in it's own.

[blargonator]

i was reading about that place. i did not get to see any cars driving. just bikers cruisin' in the video clips. do you guys know about the isle of man? it is in or near the UK or something. there are no speed limits and it is mainly country roads.

[Ghost of Duluth]

Nice place to live, wouldn't want to visit though. I'd probably never come back.

[blargonator]

there is some other thing in the UK. it is sort of like a HUGE beach. the guys in top gear had a race there. it was just amazing because it is a huge plain of wet sand you can drive on.