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RE: center of pressure vs c.g. (again)

To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>, "Benn"
Subject: RE: center of pressure vs c.g. (again)
From: Skip Higginbotham <Saltrat@lubricationdynamics.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:39:14 -0700
Oh, Almost forgot, the wheelbase is 300" so put that in
perspective.......the car runs like it's on a rail according to Gary Allen
who drives it. 292 is best speed so far.
Skip



At 10:42 AM 4/20/2005 -0500, Albaugh, Neil wrote:
>Benn;
>
>If the center of pressure (CP) is ahead of the center of mass (CM), aka,
>"cg", the car will be inherently unstable at speed.
>
>Regards, Neil    Tucson, AZ






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