As, however, we spend most of the time "topless" the resulting injuries
in top on spinning are irrelevant. The best way we havce found to offset
the size diff is to utilize the bonnet as an effective support. However
this is predicated on the MG in question being immobile and therefore
does no effect the lateral motion at high speeds.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
>Correct you are, Bob, although probably not in a Midget, unless the doors
>were open for the intertial lateral stability supplied by the extended
>mass. If the top were down, the vertical stability of the smaller mass
>would be aided, especially in light of the structural supports provided
>by the windscreen frame and headrests. Conversely, if the top were in
>the up position, then all sorts of imbalances could occur, especially as
>the speed increased. It would then be likely that some sort of analomy
>would occur, necessitating another try, probably in a different venue.
>That is unless the first occurrence ended in a catastrophic event, such
>as might occur when the smaller mass is thrown away from all vertical and
>horitzontal supports. This usually happens only after sustained high
>speeds and, fortunately, is not always obtainable.
>
>Larry Dickstein
>bugide@juno.com
>
>There is no problem that cannot be solved
>with either a checkbook or high explosives.
>
>On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:56:55 -0600 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
>writes:
>>I daydreamed through most of my science classes but I seemed to
>>remember a concept where, if you could mount the smaller unit from a
>central pivot point and then spin it around on this new axis, the
>gyroscopic effect could have a profound impact on the larger mass.
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