[Land-speed] Putting a #2H fine point on Jo Codding'spin

[Doug Anderson]

    I say let's not 'pick on' Jo....  after all,

    it ain't her fault shes married to Floyd Cotterpin

     how would YOU like THAT job ?          LOL     ha  ha  ha  ha

    cheers, "Dirt Track Doug" in So. New York,



> From: speedtimer at beyondbb.com
> To: ifixmgs at cox.net; land-speed at autox.team.net
> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:56:30 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Putting a #2H  fine point on  Jo Codding'spin
>
> I had the best seat to witness the spin from the timing trailer.  The
> roadster was still under power when it went into the spin. She tried to
> correct it but appeared to over correct that is easy to do. She only has a
> few rides on the salt and it got away from her
> Glen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ifixmgs at cox.net>
> To: "'land-speed-digest'" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 6:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Putting a #2H fine point on Jo Codding'spin
>
>
> >I agree that  had the car simply swapped ends, even after backing  off the
> >throttle,   with the brake handle hauled tight at speed,  the leading shoes
> >would be on the wrong side of the drums to be effective -   most of us have
> >re-positioned reversed shoe sets over the years to  "magically" restore
> >braking power...
> >
> > With the throttle lifted,   in  neutral and/or  clutch  engaged, I would
> > think that the CoF between salt and tires is low enough to lock them up
> > until it swaps ends back to nose first,  reloading  the shoes hard against
> > the drums (providing the lever is hauled tight).  Theres a good chance
> > that a hard tug on the brakes would induce a Hollywood spin regardless of
> > which end is pointing wherever...
> >
> > I'd also speculate that once the wheels were  locked up, with all excess
> > slack  out of the cable, when  the tail points in the direction of forward
> > travel again,  the force  holding the shoes locked will outweigh  the
> > negative torque against  the shoe set.     In the last few frames right
> > after the timing tower pass, the car swapped ends one last time right
> > after the tires squeal (for the first time) and it looks like the brakes
> > were set.

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