[Land-speed] Polar Moment

[drmayf]

 My tow is about 40 ft or so. That gives me a couple of seconds to grip 
the wheel plenty of time. And my chute never hits like a ton of bricks 
but you go faster thanme, lol.. Every body goes faster than me!

mayf

Ed Van Scoy wrote:

> 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