[Land-speed] Driving skills

[Sparky]

John, When I was programing myself in the American Eagle car I had my eyse 
closed and was going through all of these gyrations with my hands and 
arms---one of the guys wife asked, "What are you doing"?---my reply"Dirt 
Dancing!"
      Sparky
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john robinson" <john at engr.wisc.edu>
To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Driving skills


 Escaping from a vehicle in -- an allotted time should be on both the 
builders and drivers mind, and the
> driver should have much needed practice getting out.

An example of
> practice, as a skydiver, we try to practice the jump maneuvers three times
> correctly before we make a jump, muscle memory comes into play here, and 
> if
> you do it wrong once and practice correctly only once or even twice before
> the jump, we find you will forget a maneuver, and blow the jump.
>
>           John Robinson, Mechanician
>   Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
>                 1513 University Ave.
>                  Madison, Wi. 53706
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>            Current World Land Speed Record Holder
>                  Bonneville Salt Flats
>                      H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
>                  144.396 MPH set 2000
>         Antarctic Ice Driller 2002-03
>         Greenland Ice Driller 2006
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