Mike:
I've been looking in particular for your response. Thanks for the excellent
information! HEY, LIST-- see that about the tire blisters? I'm not saying that
blisters can't come from overload (only)-- I really don't know whether they can
or not. But all the blistered tires that I've had anything to do with have been
spun.
And Mike-- about that statement "to each his own"-- I completely agree. I don't
know how anyone got the impression that I didn't. But "to each his own" is not
allowed now with respect to TC, since there is a rule against it.
And you are right about looking at each machine as a unique case. All are
aero-limited (more are less). Machines that are very aero-limited need the aero
addressed (if rules permit) before anything else. Almost all machines are also
either horsepower-limited or traction-limited (few have exactly enough
horsepower
to use all the traction available, and need no more). The horsepower-limited
machines won't benefit much from TC. The traction-limited ones need to have the
tires and downforce (and suspension, if they have one) optimized as much as
possible, before going further. If there is still a traction problem after
that,
I think the option of TC should be considered.
Russ Mack
Flowbench@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/30/01 6:32:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net writes:
>
> << If these guys don't know how to drive a land speed
> racer, you'll have a hard time convincing me that anybody does. Your turn.
> Russ >>
>
> Earl had a tire blister on the run before the failure. He did change the
> tires so the one's that failed were new. In hindsight Earl said he "should
> have known something was wrong" The car was actually most likely lifting at
> speed, this unloaded the rear and the tires then started to spin. Blisters
> next. Russ there are many ways to solve problems but you need to look at each
> case, As an engineer I'm sure you agree with this. This is not to say I don't
> want traction control, just that we (our car) doesn't need it. To each his
> own.
> Mitech Mike car #265
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