As long as it put a smile on your face it worked.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "brian falkner" <falken@ihug.co.nz>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: Re:Parachute lines
> You wrote
> <<Subject: Parachute lines
> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:10:10 -0500
> Organization: Microsoft Corporation
> Reply-To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
>
> Been busy thinking outside the box,
> so now I think I have it all figured out. The issue is one of ballast.
> So after discussions with another well known racer the following seems to
be
> the answer. LSR vehicles need to be built with a rear door similar to a
> C-130. Ballast is positioned on a skid which is placed inside the vehicles
> rear compartment. A drogue chute is attached to the skid, and when
deployed
> will pull the skid and ballast from the rear of the vehicle. In this way
the
> car may cut its over all mass by perhaps one half and therefore when the
> regular parachute is deployed the stress on the chute is considerably
> reduced as well as the distance required to stop.
> A proper driving technique may be required as it is possible, depending on
> the skid and drogue design, that the skid may slide faster and further
than
> the car itself. Therefor it would be recommended that drivers pull to the
> left dump their load and move quickly to the right and out of the way
before
> pulling their main chute.
>
> Just some thinking way outside the box. JB
>
> 8888888888888888888888888888
>
> JB, That kind of thinking will get you way INSIDE the BOX...a 6'x2'
>
> Antipodean BDF
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