Glen;
Your comments about the indications of what happened in Seth's accident made
me wonder about whether it would be helpful to the LSR community to publish
an "Accident Report" on serious accidents at SCTA/BNI events.
Two precedents that I'm familiar with are the "Accidents in North American
Mountaineering" by the American Alpine Club and "Caving Accidents" by the
National Speleological Society. They are not formal, official investigations
like those by the NTSB; they are simply reports written by others who are
familiar with what happened or who have talked to those who were involved.
The reports cover not only what actually happened but also offer an opinion
on what went wrong and how it could be prevented in the future.
It seems as if this feedback could be beneficial in making LSR safer for
everyone. As it is, little is learned from other's mistakes or accidents
except from what is heard via the "grapevine".
What does anyone else think of this idea?
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Barrett [mailto:speedtimer@charter.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:03 AM
To: ardunbill@webtv.net; Keith Turk; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Limitations
Back in the days of the jet car wars Art Arfons had a wing that would change
the angle of down force directly connected with the body lift and axle
changes. This was down with simple linkage.
I agree with Seth on the vehicle reaching it's limitations of design. The
tire tracks show this at the point it started and until the car started to
lift. Once a little side ways it became a wing and the front of the car went
airborn prior to starting a series of rolls and flips. We learn a lot from
each one and lessons learned made a difference on this vehicle and Seths
outcome.
Glen
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