[Land-speed] Caster etc..

Doug Odom dlodom at charter.net
Mon Jun 15 10:58:01 MDT 2009


Mayf, I think you would want to know class for aero considerations. Also 
total race ready weight and if possible front to rear percent.
I can give you 3.  MS......GT.....S

Big Ditch Doug

Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:25 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] Caster etc..


> Well, here I go again. Same subject a different tangent, though.   If I 
> had data, lots of data, then I would try and do something with it in the 
> form of a rule of thumb set of numbers. Might give a good starting place 
> for some one wanting to build a new or modify an older car.
>
> If I had:
> 1) Wheel base
> 2) Front Track Eidth
> 3) Rear Track Width
> 4) Caster
> 5) Camber
> 6) Toe
> 7) Steering Angle Inclinaion
> 8) Nominal Vehicle Weight
> 9)  Scrub Radius
> 10) Front Tire Type (ie real rubber tire or machined from aluminum or ?)
> 11) Top speed attained at any  time with the above set up
> 12) Vehicle Weight
> 13) Comments about the handling qualities at speed.
>
> I would  *NOT*  need to know the car, the driver, the class, or any other 
> personal data associated with the car.  What I would like to do is build a 
> data base of factors so that I can search to see if there are any common 
> denominators.  I might put the information into parametric form of 
> something say like wheelbase / average track width or maybe a lot of other 
> combinations.  But mainly just to summarize the data into some meaningful 
> information.  But I would need lots of real data input.  If anybody is 
> game, shoot the info to me what ever you have. I'll make an excel file and 
> work from that...or you can tell me to blow it out my.....  well, you know 
> where, lol..
>
> mayf
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