List,
George also went 7 mph faster without the belly pan. His comment ? ...
"shows you how much I know about streamlining."
Wes
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> From: "Daniel Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
> To: "joe boogie" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 06:58:55 -0800
>
>For starters there was no '99 WOS. At the World Finals George lost a major
>portion of his belly pan. He then had his crash on a later run. Should a
>vehicle which changes its configuration not be allowed to run?
>
>Much food for thought here.
>
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: joe boogie <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
>To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>;
>land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:02 PM
>Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>
>
>> VERY GOOD POINT. OPEN MINDS ARE GOOD.
>>
>>
>>>From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>>>Reply-To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>>>To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>>>Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>>>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:22:42 -0500
>>>
>>>yes, i saw some pics of potters ride with "chine blades" underneath at 99
>>>w.o.s. if he cut them off like you say, and then he subsequently
>crashed,
>>>could there be a connection ??? - these chine blades underneath our car
>ARE
>>>NOT STREAMLINING - thay are not a fairing or smoothing or any device
>>>whatsoever which decreases the drag coefficient of the car. technically
>>>they increase the drag by a miniscule amount, and technically our car
will
>>>go a little slower with them. THEY ARE A SAFETY DEVICE. let me get one
>>>thing straight with the folks on our land speed forum and anyone at the
>>>scta that cares. black radon engineerings number one priority is safety -
>>>period. going fast is a secondary priority, and bagging a record is
>>>tertiary at best. i am APPAULED that an entry with a somewhat different
>>>safety component gets so much negative feedback. in todays age where you
>>>can spill coffee in your lap and make millions, how do you think the
state
>>>of utah or the BLM will react if competitors are seriously hurt or killed
>>>on the flats. would we get this much negative feedback if we showed up
>with
>>>20 firebottles mounted in the car ?????- the scta rules do not say 20
>>>firebottles are allowed in altered class - there is no difference here
>>>folks - think safety if you want your grandchildren to actually race on
>the
>>>flats and not just look at old photos of them.
>>>
>>>
>>>regards-
>>>doug @ black radon engineering
>>>
>>>
>>
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