Same thing on Nebulous Theorem III
Jim in Palmdale
> List,
>
> I had an interesting visit with Terry Nish today. We were in his shop
> looking at the streamliner and discussing the performance of the car at
> Speedweek. He was talking about the chute release and how the doors were
> being pulled open by the turbulence behind the tail of the liner. You may
> remember that one of the runs was aborted when the chute came out
> prematurely.
>
> They solved the problem by installing an 11 X 5 (or so) strip of white
> plastic, 2 rows deep with vortex generators, on either side of the car in
> front of the chute tubes. It not only solved the problem but the
parachutes
> opened and followed the car in perfect alignment without twisting or
blowing
> to either side as they had been doing. Rick Vesco commented on how well
> they were deploying.
>
> Air management at the tail of the car may be greatly overlooked in the
> safety and braking department.
>
> Check it out at World of Speed. Interesting little addition.
>
> See you on the salt!
>
> Wes
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