I was thinking that spoiler was looking more like a dive brake, besides all
them feathers flutter in the wind at speed.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: ""\"LandSpeed\" Louise Ann Noeth"" <lanspeed@west.net>
Cc: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: Experience/seat time
> Group,
>
> This is really what I was trying to say. There is no substitute for
> experience. In the beginning of a crisis situation, reactions come
> through natural channels, not through the thought process. Experience is
> what fuels the natural reactions. After the initial reactions, then
> thinking and making decisions about the situation comes into play.
>
> The subconscious mind can be trained to take control in unexpected
> events. Sitting in the car and practicing emergency shut down, and
> mulling over the procedures to be followed in a spin, etc. can be
> helpful and I do not diminish their importance. I'm still convinced that
> in a crisis environment, the subconscious controls.
>
> In Louise's event in the airplane, she had time to recall previous
> instructions and act on them. That is what we are suppose to be doing
> before the spin. I suspect while she was reacting to her training, our
> spin was already over.
>
> Realize these comments are from my experience and weak mental processes.
>
> BYW, John, in Redding we are having the luxury of selling, on the open
> market, 30% of our electrical generating capacity. Also, I really
> expected something more slippery when I went to view your picture.
> That's a real TURKEY!
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
>
> \"LandSpeed\" Louise Ann Noeth wrote:
> >
> > John is right, there is no better practice than under power. Sitting
> > it he car in the dark makes good sense to familiarize yourself with
> > where the controls are located.
> >
> > Dean Batchelor and Alex Xydias explained that was all well and good,
> > but once the car started up everything got a bit scrambled due to the
> > adding of the noise component, concentration wasn't as easy. When you
> > add the motion component, things get even harder to sort out and the
> > noises get VERY loud. When the suspension starts working and the body
> > starts rattling, especially for the first time, you think the damn car
> > will shake itself apart any second.
> >
> > This reminded me of the comments that DC# pilots made when they first
> > flew the big birds and saw how much the wings flexed on take off.
> >
> > Jeana Yeager, co-pilot of the Voyager, recounted what went through her
> > head as they took off fully loaded for the circumnavigation jaunt in
> > 1986 . . . "the slender wings had winglets on the very tips, but we
> > were so heavy that as the fuselage began to lift-off the wings flexed
> > down and slow but surely ground the winglets right off the tips of the
> > wings, as if they were held to a bench grinder. since we were still
> > flying and in control, we simply kept going."
> >
> > They did, of course, all the way around the world in 9 days, non-stop,
> > non-refueled.
> >
> > This is a good example of knowing when not to do anything at all.
> >
> > Speedy Regards,
> >
> > "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
> >
> > LandSpeed Productions
> > Telling stories with words and pictures
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