- 1. Re: The World's Fastest Indian (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:47:17 -0800 (PST)
- I saw WFI in Salt Lake City recently. Great movie. Something that has surprised me is that there is not more buzz about the movie here in Utah. The Salt Flats are part of what makes us a unique place
- /html/land-speed/2006-02/msg00436.html (7,993 bytes)
- 2. Pics truck fording the Salt Flats (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:25:26 -0700 (PDT)
- These pictures are close to a week old (Saturday August 27, 2005), and were taken from the end of the access road. Enjoy (or cry!). Is this the drag truck? <http://www.geocities.com/david_dymaxion/Sa
- /html/land-speed/2005-09/msg00007.html (7,216 bytes)
- 3. 10 inch tread or section width? (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:34:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Welcome to me, this is my first post to the list. I excited to try to get into the 130 club. I'm going to run a 1994 Camaro Z28. I'm about to order new tires, and see there is a 10 inch max width all
- /html/land-speed/2005-08/msg00140.html (7,038 bytes)
- 4. Salt Flats underwater (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT)
- I was at the Wendover air show on Saturday, and stopped by the Salt Flats going home. They were underwater about 6 to 12 inches (shallow enough that 2 trucks drove about a kilometer through the water
- /html/land-speed/2005-08/msg00227.html (6,894 bytes)
- 5. Re: Salt Flats underwater (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
- A clarification: My apologies, I think some people might have thought I was saying I saw the race track was underwater. My description of the water was only from the end of the access road -- I don't
- /html/land-speed/2005-08/msg00232.html (7,314 bytes)
- 6. Billet steel flywheel needed for Porsche 911? (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:59:21 -0800 (PST)
- First post for me. This looks like a great list. I live near Salt Lake City and I'm looking forward to joining the fun of land speed racing. I'll probably run my Camaro for the 130 club to start. Any
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00229.html (7,153 bytes)
- 7. NHRA Museujm (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:20:54 -0800 (PST)
- I just went to the NHRA museum today and recommend it. Something I learned was there was alot of crossover between early hotrodders and land speed. They had about 12 land speed cars there, and around
- /html/land-speed/2006-12/msg00121.html (6,491 bytes)
- 8. [Land-speed] Race 2 the Future (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:07:00 -0700 (PDT)
- Race 2 the Future promotes using alternate fuel vehicles to race on the Salt Flats. The Buckeye Bullet wasn't there as I had hoped (315 mph on batteries!), but I enjoyed seeing 2 electric Salt Flats
- /html/land-speed/2007-08/msg00322.html (7,189 bytes)
- 9. [Land-speed] Electrathons at World of Speed (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:46:30 -0700 (PDT)
- Thanks USFRA for putting on such a great event, even though I just spectated it was great! I threw up a web page with some pictures of one of the Electrathon racers (limited to 67 pounds of batteries
- /html/land-speed/2007-09/msg00354.html (7,276 bytes)
- 10. [Land-speed] Electric Barstool sets Land Speed Record! (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:16:28 -0700 (PDT)
- The results aren't posted on the saltflats website yet, but I was there and I saw it happen! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, 48 miles per hour on an electric barstool! You can see some pictures, video, an
- /html/land-speed/2007-09/msg00398.html (7,335 bytes)
- 11. [Land-speed] Singletons attempt at electric land speed record (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:57:56 -0700 (PDT)
- At World of Speed on the Salt Flats this year, the Singletons attempted break the land speed record for the E1 (Electric, under 500 kg (1100 lbs)). The existing record is 133 mph, made by Silent Thun
- /html/land-speed/2007-10/msg00232.html (7,416 bytes)
- 12. [Land-speed] Electric Land Speed Attempt Link (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:35:54 -0700 (PDT)
- My link was so long it broke across lines, here is a more compact one that you can click directly: http://tinyurl.com/yqneva It has pictures and commentary on the Singletons attempt on the E1 electri
- /html/land-speed/2007-10/msg00238.html (7,129 bytes)
- 13. [Land-speed] New Land Speed Contender (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:20:50 -0800 (PST)
- Here is a new contender for land speed racing. The inventor says it could go 200 mph, and up to 300 mph with more work. He also says it'll go as far as 1000 miles on a charge (80 currently), and cost
- /html/land-speed/2008-02/msg00210.html (7,309 bytes)
- 14. [Land-speed] Boyd Coddington Land Speed History (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:50:04 -0800 (PST)
- Here is a story about Boyd Coddington getting his motorhome stuck on the Salt http://www.saltflats.com/stuck.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________ N
- /html/land-speed/2008-02/msg00268.html (7,048 bytes)
- 15. [Land-speed] Electric Land Speed Simulations (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 01:26:02 -0800 (PST)
- I put up a little web page showing some of my electric land speed computer simulations. Hopefully reality will match the calculations! Enjoy. http://www.explodingdinosaurs.com/elandspeedsim You can s
- /html/land-speed/2008-03/msg00015.html (6,943 bytes)
- 16. [Land-speed] Streamliner Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:30:44 -0700 (PDT)
- On another list we are having a debate about aerodynamics. The fastest solar racers and electrathon racers are finding having the bottom of the car high off the ground (around 8 inches) seems to be g
- /html/land-speed/2008-03/msg00065.html (7,598 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Land-speed] Land-speed Digest, Vol 2, Issue 101 (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:15:30 -0700 (PDT)
- I've had several questions and great comments off-list, so I thought it worth a public reply. I'm currently converting a old Porsche 911 to electric power, and plan to run it on the Salt at World of
- /html/land-speed/2008-03/msg00068.html (9,643 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Land-speed] World of Speed vs. August Speed Weeks (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:50:18 -0700 (PDT)
- Both events are great fun. Here are some things I personally especially like about World of Speed ( http://www.saltflats.com ): The 130 club lets you run an everyday street car between 130 and 140 mp
- /html/land-speed/2008-05/msg00024.html (7,986 bytes)
- 19. [Land-speed] Salt Flats motorcycle death (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:22:36 -0700 (PDT)
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080905/sp_afp/usaccidentmoto_080905020054 _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Land-speed mailing list http:/
- /html/land-speed/2008-09/msg00049.html (6,798 bytes)
- 20. [Land-speed] Kid Karts at WoS (score: 1)
- Author: David Dymaxion <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:29:33 -0700 (PDT)
- Here is a micro web page I threw up about the 2 kid karts that ran (or tried to run, in my case) at World of Speed last week. Enjoy! http://explodingdinosaurs.com/saltflats/2008/kart/ _______________
- /html/land-speed/2008-09/msg00189.html (6,841 bytes)
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