That antigrav stuff would never fly (no pun... ahh forget it) in autox.
Just think about it. If you want to improve acceleration, then from high
school physics F=ma. While the pigeons may reduce the weight of the car,
they unfortunately only add to the mass. To make matters worse, all that
lift created by their wings would significantly reduce the F of friction at
the tire contact patches, resulting in reduced grip, traction, longer
braking distances etc which would more than make up for the reduction in
rolling resistance.
So while I wouldn't recommend this at divisionals, you might try duct-taping
a bunch of pigeons to your class leader's car at the next regional event.
If nothing else he/she would at least spend their runs (no pun intended
again) worrying about that paint job! :=)
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Urschel
To: Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com
Cc: Jim Ochi; BA-autox@autox.team.net
Sent: 6/15/00 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: Tech Inspection Rules
Kevin Stevens wrote:
> It says your *passenger's* squab - passengers aren't allowed at
Divisional
> events. Please read the rules more carefully.
>
> KeS
Yes, that's exactly what killed the answer to Huck & Chuck antigrav.
The idea was to tie lots of pigeons to your car with tethers and
scare them with a big bang right after launch so that they would
all try to fly away and lighten your car. The tethers were rigged
to be released with the first application of the brakes. An added
advantage was the condition of the track from the start to the
first corner for the next hour or so, hence the marketing slogan
"slicker than antigrav".
Rich
Ps. So is food available at or near Forbes Field? Need an answer
by September 9th or so.
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