[Land-speed] Polar Moment

[Ed Van Scoy]

And... I have 50 feet of line on my chute, which gives me plenty of time to "get a grip" before it hits. 

Ed Van Scoy
#128 B/GT Corvette
SCTA-BNI/Gear Grinder


>-----Original Message-----
>From: drmayf [mailto:drmayf at mayfco.com]
>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 06:28 PM
>To: 'Ed Van Scoy'
>Cc: 'don thigpen', land-speed at autox.team, 'Elon', NT788 at comcast.net
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Polar Moment
>
>Oh! I was just quoting you on one of your emails to me..now the truth 
>comes out, lol. In my instance, when I pulled the chute, I moved my had 
>back to the steering wheel expecting the small lurch..instead Igot a 
>whiplash from side to side for what seems like forever! It all had to 
>do with the location of the rear end... man, have I fixed that!
>
>mayf
>Ed Van Scoy wrote:
>
>> Actually Mayf, it was a 900 degree "maneuver"..... I did n't run over 
>> my chute either.... In fact, if it had come out in the first place, I 
>> wouldn't have had to pitch the car ;-) (shoulda just run over the 
>> atvs and dirt bikes at the end of the track..... )
>> Ed