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High speed and low speed compression, which is which?

6K views 11 replies 9 participants last post by  Dougal 
The way I visualize it is by the shape of the bump and rating shaft speed on a scale of 0 - 10.

A rolling trail (wavy roller coaster) will affect LSC. This type of bump makes the shaft move from zero to 10 very slow.

A sharp hit will affect HSC. This type of bump makes the shaft move from zero to 10 pretty quick.

Of course this is a very simplistic way of looking at it as there is more to it than that, but its a starting point to understanding it.
 
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