This tunnel can't figure Yaw unless I set it up for it in advance... which I
suppose could be one of the scenarios... thou it would require repositioning
the car itself...
K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kensicki" <lowtek@ptd.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: Wind Tunnel
> I'll bite;
> Given you have X down force front and rear what do you lose in yaw mode?
> How many degrees before car become unstable? Question: is this the same as
> a cross wind?
>
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
>>Okay guys here's an interesting upside to being a Bonneville guy... Seems
>>Gary
>>Eaker has built a cheapy wind tunnel in North Carolina and helps folks out
>>with their first time there... and he's a Bonneville guy... as well as one
>>of
>>the countries best aerodynamicist's... So all that having been said, I've
>>scheduled 2 hrs with him on the 18th to evaluate several different things
>>with
>>the Berkeley...
>>
>>I've got to come up with the ten top items I want to do and develop a plan
>>to
>>make that happen.
>>
>>Keith ( ahhh yeah Otto... Hood scoop information is part of it. )
>>
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