Yeah... I messed up a couple of things on our Salt Talk shirts too... like
not getting WWW.LANDRACING.COM and the address to Majordomo... figures...
leave it to a Racer and not his WIFE!!!! Miss Kathy had done this it would
have been Perfect and ON TIME.... oh well... you get what you pay for.....
Keith ( Hey have you checked out the www.landracing.com?)
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> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>; Smith, Simon-Pierre
<Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Explain the rules to me one more time.
> Date: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:29 AM
>
> See, Simon, I told you your question would get to
> the right people through this list.
>
> This place is a gold mine!
>
> My thanks to those guys who had the forsight back
> in the beginning to get it started. My thanks to
> Keith for writing the info down for me during my
> first Maxton meet to be sure I got on the list
> when I got home.
>
> Is there somebody on this list in the sign making
> /graphics business. Back when I was racing the
> Geo I was active on a Geo list and they had a
> "STORMOWNERS.COM" windshield screen available. I
> had one on the windshield and rear window of my
> little race car. If somebody could make up
> "land-speed@autox.net" sunscreens, I'm sure I'm
> not the only one who would like to put that
> across the windshield of my race car.
>
> Dick J
>
>
> --- Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com> wrote:
> > Simon,
> >
> > By using a motorcycle streamliner you are
> > crossing the motorcycle/car line.
> > I can understand where the rules at times
> > appear to be conflicting. I
> > believe that you need a total of 10 lbs. of
> > extinguishing agent. Five lbs.
> > on the driver, 5lbs for the engine. If you use
> > a 10 LB bottle(not
> > recommended) the nozzles must be tuned to
> > compensate for the different sized
> > areas the agent will dumped into. The cockpit
> > area vrs. the engine
> > compartment. If you are able to fit two 5lb
> > bottles it would be a better
> > solution. You could fire the bottles
> > independent of each other as required
> > by the situation. Please contact the
> > manufacturer to determine the correct
> > nozzle to be used, i.e. number and size of the
> > orifices for you application.
> >
> > Dan Warner
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Smith, Simon-Pierre
> > <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
> > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 10:38 AM
> > Subject: Explain the rules to me one more time.
> >
> >
> > > So here's the situation. I'm in a 121.7 MPH
> > motorcycle streamliner.
> > > P. 93 section D2 says "All streamliners must
> > have a rider controlled fire
> > extinguisher system directed to the engine/fuel
> > compartment.... ... refer
> > to sect. 111-17"
> > >
> > > Section 111-17 says "All cars and enclosed
> > motorcycles must have a minimum
> > of one driver controlled fire extinguishing
> > system using a minimum of 5 lbs.
> > of extinguishing agent designed and applied to
> > function as driver
> > protection."
> > >
> > > So the question is:
> > > 1) Is the rulebook right and I need 10 lbs
> > of extinguisher - 5 for me, 5
> > for the engine?
> > > 2) Is the rulebook wrong? Where does the
> > nozzle point?
> > > 3) If the rulebook is right can I use a 10
> > lb can and 2 nozzles?
> > >
> > > I get the feeling I should be asking someone
> > more official. Should it be
> > A. Fogliadini (chief inspector), D.Martin
> > (Motorcycle Tech), D Warner
> > (rules), or...?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Simon Smith
> > >
> >
>
>
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