He had Lionel running beside it I think.....( much funnier when you can
imagine this poor fella with Bad Hips)
They tried it from the tower.... the actual tale came from the Yarn
untwisting.
K
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> From: Jim Dincau <jdincau@qnet.com>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Becketts Aero Check
> Date: Monday, January 22, 2001 11:11 AM
>
> How did he video it at speed? I have seen pictures of this in old wind
> tunnel data. At the old lazy L they used dots of dye or a liquid that
gave
> off smoke. Its a good visual for where the boundary layer trips and flow
> direction.
> Jim in cold dry Palmdale
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:42 AM
> Subject: Becketts Aero Check
>
>
> > Just found a picture when John was checking his Chevette's airflow.. it
> was
> > the Yarn deal
> >
> > He basically put 3" pieces of yarn all over the car at interval's and
then
> > tried to video tape it... at the end of a couple of Passes the Yarn
> > unraveled to reveal where the air was the most turbulent... it was an
> > interesting exercise and I think we all learned a bit from it...
> >
> > Since it's boring this morning I thought it might give us something to
> hash
> > over...
> >
> > Keith Turk
> > Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camaro ( Land Speed
> > Racer)
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