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Originally Posted by blw2

here's a link to an interesting write up I found on this topic.
MH handling

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That's a good write-up, thanks for posting. I especially like the use of "perceived" in lack of control. I think that's key. What a driver perceives and what is actually happening are not always the same.

The bottom line seems to be that motorhomes should be designed like sports cars, relatively speaking, to inherently promote better handling. Wider is better than narrow, low better than tall, low center of gravity, balanced weight distribution, wheels located towards end of vehicle, low polar moment of inertia, etc...

Unfortunately these goals may get in way of making a cheap large box that yields a great floorplan with lots of storage space. Europeans come closer than we do in US, which may explain why I like their motorhomes a lot.