Dave,
You need to quit talking dirty like that, wonder If I could test them at
home our sprung bed, you know to get data or something like that, I would
hate to roll it over and all.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: RE: Potentiometers...? ( who cares how it's spelled )
> glad to help anyone else that wants this info as well...
> Basically 4 pots that are linear with a stainless shaft and delrin heim
> joints. they look like little shocks and are very accurate..
> Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Keith Turk
> > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 2:54 PM
> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Potentiometers...? ( who cares how it's spelled )
> >
> >
> > I've always had an interest in knowing what the car was
> > doing at speed...
> > with the Camaro it's a simple matter of reading the pressure on
> > the front and
> > rear air bags...( rears are gone now... but you get the idea ).... Air
> > pressure measurements indicated that the nose had downforce... I never
got
> > overly sceintific about it... but I could have...
> >
> > With the new suspension in the Sportsliner... I really wanted to know
> > something about how much downforce it had and if in fact it was
> > increasing at
> > speed or not... and I wanted to know how much the car was
> > unbalanced when the
> > parachute comes out.... to do that Dave has come up with 4
> > potentiometers
> > that measure distance...they are about 10" long retracted and
> > around 14" long
> > extended...( if you want exact I'll get the numbers for you )
> > I'm going to
> > mount them right along side of the Coil overs and then calibrate
> > them to know
> > the altitude of the body at all times..... and ultimately with the
Coil
> > overs I'll know how much downforce it's creating as a result of the air
> > pressure when it's at Speed....
> >
> > Might sound like I'm out tricking myself again... but honestly I
> > don't want a
> > repeat of Seth's deal when it's a simple matter of taking the
> > time to do the
> > measurements...
> >
> > Keith ( I want to say thanks to Dave Dahlgren for his help in putting
this
> > package together... )
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