- 21. Parachute opening loads (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:01:30 -0800
- I did a little lunchtime web surf. This looks like a good solution to the opening shock snapping mounting points... http://www.butlerparachutes.com/ Look under "technical publications" at "The Design
- /html/land-speed/2000-11/msg00305.html (6,849 bytes)
- 22. Occupations (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:00:01 -0800
- Simon Smith Mechanical engineer for Boeing commercial. I worked for a number of years in tool design for the 747, 67,77 but am now in Manufacturing Research and Development. As luck would have it thi
- /html/land-speed/2000-11/msg00507.html (8,560 bytes)
- 23. RE:Fatigue ( long )/SHIPPING YOUR RIG. (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:11:56 -0800
- When I raced my motorcycle in Daytona this year I shipped both bikes from seattle to Orlando for $260 total round trip. By renting a U-Haul instead of a rental car I saved a ton of money and about 6
- /html/land-speed/2000-11/msg00735.html (7,478 bytes)
- 24. Parachute release (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:19:02 -0700
- Here's a question... How is the automatic parachute release for tipover of a streamline motorcycle set up? I can imagine a mercury switch with a solenoid, or a mercury switch to a solenoid controlled
- /html/land-speed/2000-10/msg00433.html (6,802 bytes)
- 25. Tipover sensor question (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:21:07 -0700
- Two questions really. 1) The motorcycle streamliner rules give 2 different angles for the tipover sensor to fire the parachute depending on whether it is an open tail or closed tail. Why the differen
- /html/land-speed/2000-10/msg00623.html (7,517 bytes)
- 26. RE: Tipover sensor question (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:19:21 -0700
- The bike was a 2000 GSXR 750 with a Hayabusa motor (opened up to 1400 cc) shoehorned in. This was a major endeavor -- they don't fit well. Type of gun? I don't have a clue. The bike was intended as m
- /html/land-speed/2000-10/msg00648.html (8,779 bytes)
- 27. RE: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:55:39 -0700
- A coworker of mine had 5 new Firestone tires (1 spare). When they wore out he bought a new set of 4. After 20,000 miles or so he got a flat. When he rolled the spare out of the truck the tread fell o
- /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00015.html (8,921 bytes)
- 28. RE: Explain the rules to me one more time. (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:51:13 -0700
- "Rules are rules" I guess. It just kinda sucks that a 150 MPH car runs 5 lbs while I have to find room for 10. I'm just whining-ignore me. Simon
- /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00020.html (9,935 bytes)
- 29. RE: New Category (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 13:23:23 -0700
- This is the way most roadrace bike clubs work. 250 4 strokes and 125 two strokes fit in the same "formula". 250 two strokes race against 600 4 strokes. 600 is instead of 500 just due to the sizes man
- /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00360.html (9,412 bytes)
- 30. RE: Rotary Engines (was Re: New Category) (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:12:56 -0700
- All this talk of rotaries reminds me of an ad I saw in our local classifieds for a mini hydroplane with an NSU Prinz rotary engine. I still wish I'd gotten the thing. I don't know why - just like old
- /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00402.html (9,782 bytes)
- 31. RE: Outboards and pressed crankshafts (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:38:56 -0700
- Remember a few things when playing with the stroke on a two stroke engine: 1) The crank case volume is fairly critical. Bigger flywheels won't fit the tight case walls and running a smaller displacem
- /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00488.html (8,157 bytes)
- 32. RE: Old transmissions (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:28:19 -0700
- Hi guys, I'm new to this list. I'm working on a 50CC streamliner motorcycle. I'm just writing in now to say that though I know almost nothing about old electric trannies, I do know the Volvo overdriv
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00190.html (7,866 bytes)
- 33. Explain the rules to me... (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:14:44 -0700
- So I'm shopping for a burn suit for a streamliner motorcycle. I can find all sorts of SFI-15 suits around. The rules require gloves and boots of equivalent rating. None of the gloves and boots I find
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00230.html (8,005 bytes)
- 34. RE: Explain the rules to me... (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:03:46 -0700
- The rules on page 21 seem to conflict with the rules on page 93, section D3, that says "same or better rating" than the suit. This would mean SFI 3-2A/15. This is all pretty moot until I can contact
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00241.html (8,585 bytes)
- 35. Explain the rules to me again (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:31:54 -0700
- Well ... if you remember I was looking for boots and gloves to fill the SFI 15 requirement for a streamliner motorcycle. I ended up finding some a Stroud Safety. I think the boots are those big Russi
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00384.html (7,324 bytes)
- 36. RE: Explain the rules to me again (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:47:45 -0700
- We're HOPING to. The momentum on this project has really taken a leap. There's no technical problem half so hard as getting 5 or 6 people to work together. We've done our suspension test runs with a
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00386.html (8,917 bytes)
- 37. RE: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:40:58 -0700
- Seems to me that if I was going to waste a number of gears in a tranny by not using them, that I'd get a bunch of gears ground up with very similar ratios. Then, if a specific run was faster or slowe
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00494.html (9,682 bytes)
- 38. Explain the rules to me one more time. (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:38:51 -0700
- So here's the situation. I'm in a 121.7 MPH motorcycle streamliner. P. 93 section D2 says "All streamliners must have a rider controlled fire extinguisher system directed to the engine/fuel compartme
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00591.html (7,414 bytes)
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