- 221. RE: to buy or not to buy?????? (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:34:15 -0500
- maybe rambling-- as you say-- but some good, solid, engineering points. However, I think you mean the S-N curve is exponential, not "logarithmic"; as stress increases, the number of cycles to failur
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00296.html (10,624 bytes)
- 222. RE: Race car wiring (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:45:10 -0500
- I'm coming from the same place you are, on this one. Decades ago-- during MOS training in the army-- I was taught to never trust an un-soldered electrical connection. I have tested that training a f
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00297.html (10,382 bytes)
- 223. RE: stress relief (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:53:06 -0500
- I remember that thread, too. I don't know if the sonic stress relief works, but the theory makes some sense. I do know that thermal stress relief works for most parts. Russ, #1226B (Personally, I do
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00299.html (7,832 bytes)
- 224. RE: Don Vesco show? (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:00:30 -0500
- it was on Speedvision. I didn't write the time down because I don't get Speedvision. (I'm afraid if I subscribe, I'll never get ANYTHING done!) Russ, #1226B /// unsubscribe/change address requests t
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00366.html (6,763 bytes)
- 225. RE: Weight and Balance stuff again (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:48:40 -0500
- you and John are getting me really confused here with the terminology. Hrd to figure out what you mean. This is a very simple concept, so I'll really be embarrassed if I'm remebering it wrong-- but
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00437.html (9,749 bytes)
- 226. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 23:25:41 -0500
- Good question, Gary. I'd like to know the answer, too. The SCTA rules for partial streamlined/ modified bike have become so friggin conservative that some sportbikes with STOCK bodywork can't pass (l
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00462.html (8,990 bytes)
- 227. RE: Weight and Balance stuff again (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 02:43:18 -0500
- send me some of whatever it is you're smoking! Russ, #1226B << so how does one get "The center of mass behind the center of gravity"--?? If you have 60% tongue weight on a trailer and the heavy mass
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00472.html (9,795 bytes)
- 228. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:57:47 -0500
- My response to Jon may have suggested that I don't think bodywork and unvented wheels can be a sidewind problem. I DO know that can be a serious problem-- I just think it is not a reasonable explana
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00488.html (9,716 bytes)
- 229. RE: Re: Weight and Balance stuff again (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 06:50:19 -0500
- In landspeed, the stability we are looking for is in the direction that the airplane guys call "yaw". That is-- if we imagine a VERTICAL axis through the approximate center of the vehicle-- does the
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00490.html (10,855 bytes)
- 230. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:08:57 -0500
- your perspective on the sidewind problem (resultant wind vector, airfoil angle-of-attack) may be very insightful, and very useful-- especially for streamliners. If there is not a flaw in this idea s
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00500.html (9,939 bytes)
- 231. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:27:04 -0500
- So Jon's last-year bodywork wasn't stock, after all. Well, shoot-- what do I know about Kawis, anyway? Nevermind. Russ, #1226B Hey, it's my turn -- you guys are talking about my bike, so maybe I shou
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00501.html (10,370 bytes)
- 232. RE: Car Balance (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 02:58:54 -0500
- And the time slip tells everyone whether you knew what you were doing-- or If lsr isn't no-bs REALITY, then it's sure the closest thing I've found. Russ, #1226B << The truly great thing about LSR is
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00516.html (8,270 bytes)
- 233. RE: FW: Weight and Balance stuff again (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 03:20:31 -0500
- I think the simple answer is "yes"-- but there is not REALLY a simple answer! Russ, #1226B Thanks Neil We kind of got lost there for a while....confusion about terminoligy and focus on front to rear
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00517.html (11,020 bytes)
- 234. RE: Weight and Balance stuff again (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:07:07 -0500
- what exactly are you building? Russ, #1226B --Original Message-- From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of John Beckett Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00526.html (11,206 bytes)
- 235. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:08:43 -0500
- I thought the two bombs were named "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" --Original Message-- From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com [mailto:FastmetalBDF@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 8:04 PM To: ed@vetteracing.com
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00527.html (9,847 bytes)
- 236. RE: Weight and Balance stuff again (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:59:50 -0500
- I was intrigued when you said "Honda"-- is that the engine/powertrain you will be using? What, exactly? (I have a Prelude I'm thinking of retiring from the street, and I've toyed with the idea of do
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00531.html (10,083 bytes)
- 237. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 03:07:28 -0500
- weren't you running 1000cc Production class? And they wouldn't allow the STOCK bodywork? Man, that seems WAY wrong. I remember you saying something about it at the time, but was trying to juggle 3 o
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00536.html (8,847 bytes)
- 238. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 06:49:46 -0500
- yeah, now I remember how it went down at World Finals. You and Jon had similar problems with the stock bodywork because you were running in "Modified"-- and the rules in modified are actually TOUGHE
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00540.html (9,299 bytes)
- 239. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:45:43 -0500
- it doesn't sound like we are talking about the same thing. What I (and I think Jim, too) are mainly bitching about is that some stock/OEM sportbike bodywork is in violation of the PS rules, as they
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00541.html (9,943 bytes)
- 240. RE: rule changes (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 03:18:49 -0500
- Mayf: RELATIVELY insensitive. I'm not much of an airplane guy (though I studied them avidly as a kid) but I do remember that (for any given speed) certain airfoil shapes stall with much less increas
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00544.html (9,493 bytes)
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