Keith,
You guys that have driven around in flying machines are all alike. You
refuse to buy the
line "If it feels OK, everything must be fine". I have never heard of a
pilot (at least a living one)
that fully trusted the good old 'gut feel', they always mumble something
about instruments.
Bryan
OBTW - Richard N. told me that's one reason why Andy Green was chosen.
Keith Turk wrote:
> I've always had an interest in knowing what the car was doing at speed...
>with the Camaro it's a simple matter of reading the pressure on the front and
>rear air bags...( rears are gone now... but you get the idea ).... Air
>pressure measurements indicated that the nose had downforce... I never got
>overly sceintific about it... but I could have...
>
>With the new suspension in the Sportsliner... I really wanted to know
>something about how much downforce it had and if in fact it was increasing at
>speed or not... and I wanted to know how much the car was unbalanced when the
>parachute comes out.... to do that Dave has come up with 4 potentiometers
>that measure distance...they are about 10" long retracted and around 14" long
>extended...( if you want exact I'll get the numbers for you ) I'm going to
>mount them right along side of the Coil overs and then calibrate them to know
>the altitude of the body at all times..... and ultimately with the Coil
>overs I'll know how much downforce it's creating as a result of the air
>pressure when it's at Speed....
>
>Might sound like I'm out tricking myself again... but honestly I don't want a
>repeat of Seth's deal when it's a simple matter of taking the time to do the
>measurements...
>
>Keith ( I want to say thanks to Dave Dahlgren for his help in putting this
>package together... )
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