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101. Re: Romance of airplanes (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:42:39 -0600; I wouldn't bet on it. Difference is, she would have probably taken 8 of the cylinders in the divorce settlement. Russ Mack /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a pla; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00901.html (7,855 bytes)
102. Re: Recips. (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:27:52 -0600; I had a similar experience with Terry's "other" recip airliner: the Super Connie. Left Frankfort, Germany March, '55-- my first flight (not quite 10 years old). Stopped at Shannon, Ireland for fuel,; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01006.html (10,570 bytes)
103. Re: Recips. (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:53:33 -0600; I was an "army brat", and travelled around-- but a lot of my growing up was in San Antonio, a great air force town. I remember the sound of the 6 Wasp Major (28cyl) radials on the B-36s (couldn't ev; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01043.html (10,903 bytes)
104. Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:52:48 -0600; Most of you don't know me very well. Just this once I'd like to tell you "where I'm coming from", hoping that you'll give some credibility to these ideas on a subject that I think is critical to the; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01049.html (16,394 bytes)
105. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:01:28 -0600; of course there is. I've discussed several possible means of doing this with various LSR folks. I'm almost certain somebody already has something like this working in a LSR vehicle, it would be so e; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01097.html (9,953 bytes)
106. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:27:15 -0600; Can't argue with that; there is a learning curve to every type of racing I know of. But I'm told that Earl is one of the most experienced LSR racers that we have. One of the other high-horsepower gu; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01104.html (9,811 bytes)
107. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:39:19 -0600; You are proposing exactly what I'd hoped for. Note that I gave an estimate for an expensive "do it yourself", and for a much cheaper "do it with the help of the electronic speed parts suppliers". I; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01106.html (23,249 bytes)
108. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:43:38 -0600; Thank you also. You say several things here that I think are straight to the point. I appreciate your courage, considering some of the other responses. Russ Mack /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net ma; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01107.html (10,203 bytes)
109. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 21:08:56 -0600; /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with nothing in it but /// /// unsubscribe land-speed /// /// or go to htt; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01109.html (9,939 bytes)
110. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:02:45 -0600; Thanks for your response. I'd like to answer your letter point by point: I think some of them are. This summer, most days the salt was excellent, with not much loose stuff on the surface. I saw roos; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01111.html (12,654 bytes)
111. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:06:56 -0600; sure. Very easy. But see the response I wrote to Kvach on this-- problem is even worse on a bike, as I am sure you know: your focus needs to be on where you are going, not on your instruments. Russ; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01113.html (8,829 bytes)
112. Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:10:47 -0600; Thanks. That is one way it could work. But see the reply I wrote to Kvach on this idea. Russ Mack /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to major; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01114.html (9,162 bytes)
113. Re: TC (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:24:23 -0600; I can't imagine where you are coming from. Care to explain? Is it just a personal/ emotional thing? With/resp. to someone you don't even know? If so-- where is your journalistic objectivity? Russ Ma; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01115.html (7,156 bytes)
114. Re: traction control (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:24:56 -0600; Pork Pie: I'd like to try to respond to your comments individually. You seem to be talking about cars that have limited-slip differentials-- or at least differentials. Most of our LSR cars have no di; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg01116.html (17,227 bytes)
115. Re: WOS Time Slip Data Massage... (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 21:49:49 -0500; O.K., now you've got my curiosity up. You could do "best curve fits" on the data for several of the cars that completed the 5-miles, and see if the (extrapolated) one-mile speeds produce a "normal d; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00130.html (11,332 bytes)
116. Re: Fw: Rear suspension (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:43:23 -0500; I hope not everyone is through with this topic-- I've been out of the country, so this is my first opportunity to get in on it. Like many others have said, "I'm no expert, but..." I went to Bonnevil; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00656.html (13,479 bytes)
117. Re: LSR in Hot Rod (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 23:01:03 -0500; wheels. WITH ANYTHING. Recip, rotary, turbine, electric, big spring-- but no "impulse" engines (jets or rockets). To me the impulse things are interesting, but they're not cars. But if I were writin; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00143.html (8,490 bytes)
118. Re: LSR in Hot Rod (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 11:53:59 -0500; "Hot Rod", I gotta say I think Wes Potter has put it best. These guys-- Vesco, Teague, Burkland-- are hot rodders, driving hot rods. Vesco and Teage are among hot roddings "founding fathers". And nev; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00167.html (11,722 bytes)
119. Re: HEY EVERYONE ( advice ) (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 11:28:35 -0500; Having spent the last 20 years of my career under the "Quality Assurance" umbrella, I come back into hot-rodding with an attitude that I hope is a big improvement over my earlier experiences trying; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00203.html (8,544 bytes)
120. Re: Aeroplanes (score: 1): Author: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 21:56:51 -0500; I think the guy I remember was named Frank Lockhart. Killed when he was thrown out of the car at the "big-end", Daytona beach, if my memory serves. The car had a body something like a big, slicked-u; /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00148.html (8,398 bytes)

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