Handling: Rocking and Rolling: UPDATE
Our Sunseeker 2300 Chevy sure pitches side to side a lot when we encounter any bumps at all while turning at slow speed, such as leaving a parking lot. I have to go pretty slow, otherwise stuff will b...
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Your gasoline tank, furnished by Chevrolet, may be baffled inside. Even if not, it's probably installed lengthwise in the chassis, so gasoline shifted side to side doesn't have all that far to "slosh." Are your water tanks (fresh, gray, black) installed crosswise under the coach body?
This may sound counterintuitive, but a warship with a damaged, partially flooded compartment will often choose to flood it fully. The partially filled compartment is more de-stabilizing than it would be fully flooded despite the additional weight. It's called "Free Surface Effect." If you had three tanks, each half full, mounted crosswise, I think you might feel the surge of the combined weight of the water.
This may sound counterintuitive, but a warship with a damaged, partially flooded compartment will often choose to flood it fully. The partially filled compartment is more de-stabilizing than it would be fully flooded despite the additional weight. It's called "Free Surface Effect." If you had three tanks, each half full, mounted crosswise, I think you might feel the surge of the combined weight of the water.
