Wait a minute Doug. Don't take any of this as negative feedback. It ain't.
Were all interested, curious, and actually supportive about what you have
done. Your breaking new ground for Altereds and no one I've heard is saying
anything bad. Just trying to give you the benefit of some of our collective
experience.
I can tell you, from actual experience, that your "chine blades" do have
more of an aerodynamic effect than you realize. It may not be a speed
increase, as you state, but not all aero improvements are for that purpose.
They will help your handling, which could be described as a safety benefit
or a speed benefit depending on who you talk to.
My feeling is that if they are made of straight flat plate, designed as part
of the frame, do not extend below the bottom of the frame rail, and don't
extend beyond the rear bumper, they should be legal for Comp Coupe, Altered
and Modified Sports. And I wouldn't mind seeing it in the rule book this
way.
John Beckett
-----Original Message-----
From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>
To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>;
land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>yes, i saw some pics of potters ride with "chine blades" underneath at 99
>w.o.s. if he cut them off like you say, and then he subsequently crashed,
>could there be a connection ??? - these chine blades underneath our car ARE
>NOT STREAMLINING - thay are not a fairing or smoothing or any device
>whatsoever which decreases the drag coefficient of the car. technically
>they increase the drag by a miniscule amount, and technically our car will
>go a little slower with them. THEY ARE A SAFETY DEVICE. let me get one
>thing straight with the folks on our land speed forum and anyone at the
>scta that cares. black radon engineerings number one priority is safety -
>period. going fast is a secondary priority, and bagging a record is
>tertiary at best. i am APPAULED that an entry with a somewhat different
>safety component gets so much negative feedback. in todays age where you
>can spill coffee in your lap and make millions, how do you think the state
>of utah or the BLM will react if competitors are seriously hurt or killed
>on the flats. would we get this much negative feedback if we showed up with
>20 firebottles mounted in the car ?????- the scta rules do not say 20
>firebottles are allowed in altered class - there is no difference here
>folks - think safety if you want your grandchildren to actually race on the
>flats and not just look at old photos of them.
>
>
>regards-
>doug @ black radon engineering
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