Sparky, when I went and looked at Earl Wooden's liner a few weeks ago he
showed me how he has his chute setup. He has a button on the steering
wheel to air clyinder the high speed chute. That way you don't have to
take your hands off the wheel. It only takes a small bottle of air to
make it work. I know I don't splane things very well so give me a call
and I'll try and do better. I'm going to put that system on our liner
for sure. Doug Odom in big ditch
Sparky wrote:
>Niel, I did not pop my chute---I tried to "Save"
>
>---my rookie mistake---next time the chute release is being relocated and my
>hand will be on it....
>
>
>>Bill;
>>
>>
>>BTW, did you have time to pop your 'chute when you started to spin? I
>>
>>
>
>It was very different than the three privious "twitches"---it just "turned
>hard right"
>
>After much thoughtand discussion:
>
>1. The left front suspension broke before instead of
> during the spin.
>
>2. I caught a rut in the very torn up trap area
>
>3. Driver turned the car to the right. possible but not probabable because
>I was concrentrating on driving through to the chute and still had both hands
>on the wheel--hadn't started the process of reaching for the chute.. On
>Rose,Skip and I have always thought driving to the chute, then trans in
>netrual, then off throttle was the saftest practice---what I have tried to do
>in actual practice---
>
>
>After taking to some much more experienced El Mirage drivers---I will put my
>hand on the chute release once I have moved the trans shifter the last
>time...I will be more "chute happy' from now on...
>
>
> "Sparky"
>Lakester 2211
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