[Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety

[Doug Odom]

That should be a question the people at the crash ask. "Does your data 
logger have the accelerometer input?" We didn't have ours hooked up because 
we were just making an easy run to get the feel of the car. I guess 240mph 
does not sound like an easy run but it was.     Doug Odom in big ditch
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>
To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>; "Doug Odom" 
<dlodom at charter.net>
Cc: "Land-speed List" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety


> Bryan,
> My data logger has accelerometer capability fore/aft and lateral. Why 
> wouldn't that work in the event of an upset? Has anyone looked at their 
> data logger to see?
> Skip
>
>
>
> At 11:17 AM 9/8/2008, Bryan Savage wrote:
>>Doug
>>
>>In my opinion , that data does not exist. Modeling would not be possible
>>because data on past crashes has probably been destroyed , if not , it is
>>not available anyway.
>>Too bad. In my opinion, data about past crashes would allow safer cars.
>>As it is, generic rule changes are made based on the SCTA's decision.
>>I don't know if anyone on the board is s Mech. Engineer, but I think
>>better idea's would come from the 300-400 participants than a dozen
>>well meaning folks sitting around a table.
>>IBM had a project in the early '70's and management didn't want to spend
>>money to improve it because they plans to stop selling and support it.
>>It was
>>opened to  the customers for suggestions and we got a  flood of code from
>>our customers that they had written to meet their needs. The customers
>>improved the product so much that it is still in service and making IBM
>>money.
>>That's what happens when you get a large number of interested and involved
>>people solving problems.
>>
>>Just my opinion folks,
>>
>>Bryan