[Land-speed] Dumb Assed Question 5,171... Canopies...

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Just make a wdsdB so the driver can get in and out past itB  without moving
it.Watch out whatB you ask for!

JackB 


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From: "Larry Mayfield" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
To: land-speed at autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:49:08 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] Dumb Assed Question 5,171... Canopies...

Up front: I am not seeking rule changes! What I would like however, is
some clarifications regarding canopies. B My B rule book references are
paragraphs:
2.M, B 3.B.1 fig 3 and 4A, 3.E, and 3.U.

Ok, my first clarification question is from 2.M, first sentence:
"Canopies *ENCLOSING the driver*..." (my emphasis).... What does
enclosing the driver mean to the rules makers? How much of the driver?
Does that include the roll cage under which the driver resides? B What
defines what a canopy is and how it can be measured? When I think of
enclosing the drive4r, I think of a fighter jet canopy. It goes
completely over the pilot.

Next refer to fig 3.B fig 3 and 4.A. If a wind screen came back as far
as the roll cage, but did not fasten to the cage itself and maybe even
have a gap between the two would that be considered a canopy? B Why? It
does not *enclose* the driver, does it?

And almost to the last, hatches...closed cars may have hatches for the
driver to egress through. B Pretty sure that no OEM car ever had a hatch
for escape or egress so they are add ons for driver safety. So, can a
wind screen that comes back to the front bar in the roadster type roll
cage have a latch in device to release the wind screen for the same
reason as a hatch, driver safety on egress?

Ok, last thought...or lack of it maybe according to some who will
respond, lol... If a wind screen comes back to the first roll bar, does
it have to be open to the sky? If so, what defines that?

Nope, again, not B lobbying for any kind of rule change just some one in
the know in the club to explain the hows and why of the rules so I don't
get waded up in my jockey shorts if I should decide to do something like
this in the future...


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