Howdy,
when practicing, have full gear on, and be strapped in, you'll find out
that the suit/belts slow you down, if you make a mistake, and practice pull
the wrong handle in an incorrect order, REPEAT THE PRACTICE >>CORRECTLY<<
THREE times! or you >will< remember it the incorrect way .... (skydiving
has taught me something)
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Emergency's
Hey Keith,
Your "LESSON" is just about the most valuable planning that one can do with
the cockpit. It will, no kiddin', save your life. Hey everybody.....do it!!!!!!
Excellent subject Keith!
Skip (who doesn't disagree with everything!)
>
>Lesson..... Sit in your car.... think about a Fire... what are you going to
>do... put your hands on the fire handles and fuel shut off.... then the
>Parachute after the fire is calmed....( pulling it in a roaring fire didin't
>make much sense to me ) same goes for how you want to shut down the motor
>in the event of a simple failure.... THINK it out now.... sit there and
>look stupid it's okay.....( I recommend closing the garage door so the
>locals don't think your Loco...) All of this simple self training will be
>well worth your time should an event like this actually occur as when your
>mind goes into it's search mode during a actual failure and it will come up
>with what you trained it to do.... ( don't have an answer to the situation
>at hand and you get your life played back and you Freeze.... Hmmm that don't
>sound like a better answer )
>
>See why I was quite on the issue...... Kinda like Rick's Gasket deal... the
>training to drive a car is something I know a bit about ..... K
John Robinson, Mechanician
Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
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Madison, Wi. 53706
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Current World Land Speed Record Holder
Bonneville Salt Flats
H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
131.333 MPH set 1995
136.666 MPH set 1996
140.292 MPH set 2000
144.396 MPH set 2000
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