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41. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:08:30 -0400
I could picture a 1200 lb car about 16 feet long and 30 inches wide by 18 inches tall. Of course the other alternative is to find a very talented 9 year old to drive.. Now the damn tires are too big.
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00623.html (9,105 bytes)

42. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:34:01 -0600
You know Keith, up to this point, no one has taken anything that has been said in this thread as an attack on them personally. Now we have this touchy missive. As I remember, the only discussion abou
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00625.html (11,110 bytes)

43. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:33:17 -0400
"And while rear steering may be problematic, it should function just as well as front steer when the driver understands what he/she is doing. Skid control and turning are counter intuitive and that t
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00678.html (8,723 bytes)

44. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:35:52 -0400
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car was rear steer and was gathering support when "A fatal crash, wrongly blamed on the steering instead of the other car involved, was also fatal to investors" How fast
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00679.html (8,588 bytes)

45. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 06:39:38 -0400
Have also run rear wheel steering and to say "rear wheel steering is a headache" is an understatement. With a 2M 'puter I guess it works OK. Although I understand Andy was glad to be finished with it
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00680.html (9,930 bytes)

46. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: Nt788@aol.com
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:41:53 EDT
<< Although I understand Andy was glad to be finished with it. Mechanically it's a nightmare to drive. Looks good on paper, but don't seem to work no mater what settings you go with. >> If a specific
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00682.html (8,652 bytes)

47. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Savage <basavage@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 10:29:30 -0700
A quote -- ``The Dymaxion Car was a teardrop-shaped (least air resistance), 3-wheeled, rear-wheel (single) steering, 21 foot long, Aluminum bodied auto, designed by Bucky to achieve maximum output a
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00683.html (9,469 bytes)

48. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:19:28 -0700
JohnThanks. Thats what I've been telling them. well seat
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00684.html (9,226 bytes)

49. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:13:37 -0400
120 MPH!, Bucky has got me beat. JB -- Original Message -- From: "Bryan Savage" <basavage@earthlink.net> To: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com> Cc: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; "land Speed List
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00686.html (10,191 bytes)

50. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: Nt788@aol.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:14:25 EDT
<< time, and it Don't work. >> And the world is flat! jack
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00688.html (8,475 bytes)

51. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:49:59 -0700
My sentiments, exactly, Jack! Although I am still curious as to why the perception continues, or in John Beckett's case, experience. mayf
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00690.html (8,991 bytes)

52. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:23:14 -0700
They don't rely on traction, they are more forgiving when in the air or on the water when something goes haywire at least they have a little more room to recover in the air, you don't on the ground.
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00692.html (10,003 bytes)

53. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: pork.pie@t-online.de (Pork Pie)
Date: 29 Sep 2003 19:04 GMT
Hi Folks, one of Bucks car is still existing - he stands in the National Car Museum in Reno (former Harrah Museum) in very good condition. Very strange looking vehicle. See ya Pork Pie
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00694.html (10,111 bytes)

54. RE: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: <Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:42:09 -0700
There used to be car fitting this description (tear drop shape in ally and mid-engine) in an auto paint store here in Mesa, AZ. Might have been one, very strange car. It's been some time since I was
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00695.html (9,504 bytes)

55. Rear Wheel Steering (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:55:33 -0400
OK, first of all I would like to quiz the audience as to how many have actually built and run a RWS car besides Bucky, Richard Nobel and myself? Second just cause I didn't make it work doesn't mean
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00696.html (10,429 bytes)

56. Re: Rear Wheel Steering (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:59:04 -0700
It's already a rule. It's under 4.D Automobile pg.35 of the rule book. steering must be assured by at least (2) two front wheels. Glen -- Original Message -- From: John Beckett To: Glen Barrett ; Ji
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00697.html (10,798 bytes)

57. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Savage <basavage@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:10:09 -0700
OK. But what about ice boats? Bryan (I know zip about ice boats)
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00698.html (8,670 bytes)

58. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:14:38 -0700
Bryan, we don't got no stinking ice down here except for mixed drinks, They actually steer ice boats?, I better ask Howard about this. Glen -- Original Message -- From: "Bryan Savage" <basavage@earth
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00699.html (9,302 bytes)

59. Re: Rear wheel steering (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Savage <basavage@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:33:50 -0700
Glenn I don't know how many ice boats they have in Arizona but howard did live in Rapid City South Dakota for a while. He just might be an expert. Bryan
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00700.html (8,514 bytes)

60. Re: Rear Wheel Steering (score: 1)
Author: "Jonathan Amo" <webmaster@landracing.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:24:25 -0600
OUr good friends whom I see every weekend Mountain States Automation had their 1000 car in a rear wheel steer form in the 70's. John Gowetski and Marty Sutton both drove the car both wrecked before t
/html/land-speed/2003-09/msg00701.html (8,871 bytes)


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