Wes
Just rolling the catch net idea around in my empty head. I would think the
net should be placed at least at the eight mile perhaps further down. Didn't
Tom Burkland end up at the eleven mile? Two miles just isn't enough room to
stop from a 450 MPH run especially with no chutes. With a potential thirteen
mile course, in 2001, I would think this quite possible with a little room
to spare.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
To: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
Cc: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: Parachute lines/catch net
> Ed,
> I was wondering about that as I was driving back from World of Speed. It
> probably would have stopped him ... I'm not sure how much damage it would
> have done to the car. The catch net is sitting on the top shelf in our
> storage container, all rolled up and ready to go. If we go to two way
runs
> it should be out there as an option. The year we used it I was concerned
> about what would happen to sheet metal/fiberglass if a car actually hit it
> at really high speed. The only one that should have used it and didn't
was
> the BMW 'liner that ended up in the water pond at the hole in the dike ...
> he was so nervous I don't think he even considered it as an option. I'm
> afraid it would have been a scary situation with Burkland if he had hit it
> at the end of seven miles traveling as fast as he was at that distance.
> It's going to foul the tires and wheels if it gets low enough on the
vehicle
> and at that speed it would have probably worked down that far before the
> total stop. Rick Vesco had confidence in it though and he knows what he
is
> doing ... I just watch and hold my breath.
> Wes
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