Neil:
incredible car. Would love a chance to drive such a beast, but it'd take me
two years of work just to get the safety features up to my own standards.
As-is, the SCTA inspectors wouldn't allow it past the end of the blacktop!
Amazing how little they knew about driver protection back then, and how much
they knew about making speed. Notice that the "pitot-tube" ram inlet pipe
in one picture looks very much like pipes used on many aero-challanged
vehicles of the present (common on Bonneville roadsters, for example, and
I've even seen one on a bike).
Russ, #1226B
-----Original Message-----
From: Albaugh, Neil [mailto:albaugh_neil@ti.com]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 6:24 PM
To: 'Russel Mack'; 'land-speed@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: rear suspention
Russ;
You are right about that-- safety first.
I finally found a reference to the chain-drive LSR car:
http://www.morrigancraftpottery.co.uk/pt3b.htm
"Babs" used a 27 liter aircraft engine-- talk about a big block! After the
accident, they dug a hole in the sand and buried it.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Russel Mack [mailto:rtmack@concentric.net]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:44 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: rear suspention
Neil:
I hadn't heard the decapitation story-- but I've heard plenty of stories
about maimings and even deaths from broken driveshafts.
The obvious point here is--WHATEVER drivetrain you use-- there is a lot of
potential for mayhem, and the vehicle should have measures designed-in to
protect the driver. Russ, #1226B
-----Original Message-----
From: Albaugh, Neil [mailto:albaugh_neil@ti.com]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:06 AM
To: 'Russel Mack'; 'land-speed@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: rear suspention
Russ;
Didn't a driver get decapitated by a broken chain years ago at Daytona
Beach? Not a pleasant prospect to think what could happen if a chain breaks;
I wonder if a belt drive might be better?
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Russel Mack [mailto:rtmack@concentric.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:35 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: rear suspention
Nobody has mentioned it lately-- but you can completely eliminate this
torque-steer problem with chain (or belt) drive. You still have to make the
chassis stiff enough to keep your sprockets aligned, however. Russ, #1226B
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