Well a couple of views here.
Mayf, how can you say what might be wrong when you have not inspected the
failure of the chutes at any particular occasion. Do you know that they may
have tore cords, wern't installed properly and so on. There are too many
different failure problems, some are deploying properly due to dynamics of
vehicle etc etc. I always will respect you mayf that just my thoughts.
James Tone, what makes you think Nolan will campaign any information, he has
always been the most secretive player on the salt flats ever?
Jonathan
> It is a problem for vehicles over 400 mph. Nolan is a supplier of safety
> equitpment and I'm sure he has looked at everything possible since his
> problem at August SpeedWeek. This week was catastrophic for him and his
> land speed attempts. After his recovery I'm sure he will champion this
> problem for the other "real" fast land speed vehicles. All of us at the
> list should take a wait and see position, instead of try to solve this type
> a problem in this forum....J.D ps.We can't change rules to rule out cockpit
> problems with parachutes.
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