Mayf and list,
I have no idea what Tom was using for data in the 1500 hours of computer
design time he put in before building anything on their 'liner. As head of
F-16 airframe maintenance at Hill AFB I have a hunch he was working with
more than eyeball engineering. Burklands cars have never been conventional,
often pushed the rules and always fast. Gene is in the airframe repair
business and Tom learned at his "father's knee" so to speak before he went
to college ... no substitute for that hands on experience to make an
education more meaningful. Their approach is to solve one problem before
moving on to the next one to show up. With a longer course I am sure they
will be able to give that car the test it deserves, maybe give Nolan a push
on his 442+ time. They solved part of the exhaust heat problem with a HPC
coating on those 8' titanium dump tubes that is the same one HPC puts on F-1
and Indy car exhausts, it's designed to keep the heat in the tubing. Some
venting that opens at low speeds was the other part of the solution. They
have temperature sensitive dots which show heat levels and the last runs
didn't get above the first heat level. This after frying the electronics
between the engines on their first full power run.
Wes
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> From: "Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield" <lemay@hiwaay.net>
> To: Beth Butters <bbutters@dmi.net>, David Haller
<dhaller@techline.com>,John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>,Keith
Turk <kturk@ala.net>,"land-speed@autox.team.net"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>,"'Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield'"
<lemay@hiwaay.net>
> Subject: RE: Exhaust exits
> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 08:28:20
>
>IS there hard data to support these claims or they merely guesswork? The
>question is for everyone..
>
>mayf (the rocket scientist :))
>At 05:09 PM 1/2/00 -0800, Beth Butters wrote:
>> For what it is worth Tom Burkland claims that if he had run the
>exhausts out the side of their strteamliner he would have had to make 800
>HP more to make up for the drag the exhaust would cost him. If you look at
>what he went threw to run the exhaust out the back you can see he certainly
>must have felt it was worth his effort. I personally feel running the
>exhast out the side must be like bolting a four foot long 2x6 to the side
>of the car. Now if I could just figure out how to run it under my car and
>out the back and still be able to load the car on my trailer.???????? Kvach
>in N. Idaho
>>
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>>From: Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield[SMTP:lemay@hiwaay.net]
>>Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 2:10 AM
>>To: David Haller; Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield; John Beckett; Keith
>Turk; land-speed@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Exhaust exits
>>
>>These shouldn't be too loud because the turbos take the bark out of the
>>exhaust. But way cool, when I back out of it the flames should be
>>awesome...maybe I can roast a marshmallow.
>>
>>mayf
>>
>>At 09:55 PM 12/31/99 -0800, David Haller wrote:
>>>Mayf,
>>>Your right it does look really cool, mine run out behind the front wheel
>>>well and curve up slightly. The noise inside the driver's compartment is
way
>>>cool, not to loud and I can hear that baby sing when under power without
>>>blowing my eardrums out. I don't know if I'm loosing speed and my crew
>>>wanted to run them under the car but I nixed that cause they really do
look
>>>good,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>L.E. Mayfield
>>124 Maximillion Drive
>>Madison, Al. 35758-8171
>>1-256-837-1051
>>
>>old >>>>>>>> http://www.hsv.tis.net/~mayfield
>>new >>>>>>>> http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemayf
>>
>>DrMayf@AOL.com
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>L.E. Mayfield
>124 Maximillion Drive
>Madison, Al. 35758-8171
>1-256-837-1051
>
>old >>>>>>>> http://www.hsv.tis.net/~mayfield
>new >>>>>>>> http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemayf
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>DrMayf@AOL.com
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>'66 Hydroplane Drag Boat (390 FE)
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