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41. RE: rear suspention (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:35:16 -0500; Nobody has mentioned it lately-- but you can completely eliminate this torque-steer problem with chain (or belt) drive. You still have to make the chassis stiff enough to keep your sprockets aligned,; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00651.html (8,608 bytes)
42. RE: Thrust (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:59:07 -0500; Good point, Neil. I learned recip, rotary, turbine, and rocket theory almost simultaneously (being fascinated with all those things as a child)-- and they were all among the great mysteries of life!-; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00653.html (9,956 bytes)
43. RE: Suspension/Driving... (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:02:33 -0500; Damn, you philosiphize good! Russ, #1226B --Original Message-- From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Dave Dahlgren Sent: Thursday, October 16, 20; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00654.html (9,078 bytes)
44. RE: Thrust (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:34:15 -0500; you're welcome! Just don't ask me to explain a dohc 4-stroke to the gas turbine guys! Russ, #1226B --Original Message-- From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00656.html (8,182 bytes)
45. RE: suspension/traction question (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:31:56 -0500; yeah, I agree with Dave, and he gave a nice, simple illustration. Let me add that I "did the math" on this a couple of years ago (would you believe I can't remember where I put it?) Anyway, I rememb; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00668.html (8,943 bytes)
46. RE: World Finals ... stream of semi consciousness (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:25:14 -0500; great report; nice to hear so many of our friends are doing so well, too. Wish I was there. Russ, #1226B; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00669.html (6,611 bytes)
47. RE: Suspension Design and Test (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:42:41 -0500; what I meant to convey is that the most perfect suspension I could imagine might give 80% contact. I was using a very low unsprung weight, a very high sprung weight, and Newton's Second Law. (With d; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00681.html (9,389 bytes)
48. RE: suspension/traction question (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:03:39 -0500; sorry to butt in here, but I think you are making an assumption that just doesn't work. First of all, it's not intuitively obvious to me that the impact when the vehicle returns to the salt will be; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00682.html (9,778 bytes)
49. RE: rear suspention (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:43:54 -0500; I hadn't heard the decapitation story-- but I've heard plenty of stories about maimings and even deaths from broken driveshafts. The obvious point here is--WHATEVER drivetrain you use-- there is a l; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00699.html (9,447 bytes)
50. RE: rear suspention (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:00:26 -0500; incredible car. Would love a chance to drive such a beast, but it'd take me two years of work just to get the safety features up to my own standards. As-is, the SCTA inspectors wouldn't allow it pas; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00714.html (10,066 bytes)
51. RE: Rick and Seth.... (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:42:04 -0500; Jon, Keith, Sparky, List: what an incredible new record for Neb-II. Add my congratulations to Jack and Rick!! When I was praising Lingua's new 290+ record in that class a year ago, Rick acted like he; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00733.html (8,741 bytes)
52. RE: rear suspention (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:59:35 -0500; good drivers need to be protected from their own competitive spirit. When the "competitive fire" is high inside you (as it must have been for the driver of "Babs") there is something inside that say; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00736.html (9,589 bytes)
53. RE: no one cares? HhhrrRumph! (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 14:30:33 -0500; I agree the VFR seems an excellent choice. Great reputation, very advanced technology. I considered one for LSR (nice, skinny V-4). Hard to find a used one, though. I think the owners are not as lik; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00762.html (8,872 bytes)
54. RE: More newbie questions (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:24:27 -0500; surely what Glen told you was right (about the 126 car)-- he knows an awful lot about a big percentage of the competitors. Skip: yeah, Gary's car seems red to me, too-- but my "red" might be some pe; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00784.html (8,301 bytes)
55. RE: Missing Records (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:29:13 -0500; I'm certainly not the best person to answer this-- there are SCTA officials on the list-- but since nobody seems to be responding, I will. It is my understanding that if a category is listed in the; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00795.html (8,679 bytes)
56. RE: More newbie questions (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:30:39 -0500; I'd say they communicate that pretty well! Russ, #1226B this? That is a stretched P38 Belly tank owned by Dennis Varni. The Caddy Limo with the horns is just their way of showing that they are havin; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00797.html (7,921 bytes)
57. RE: E-bay (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:48:56 -0500; recently on the list one of the "down-under" guys-- maybe Gary Baker (?) mentioned that this team had hit financial difficulties, and were planning to sell-out. Too bad. I can't imagine anyone wanti; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00798.html (7,778 bytes)
58. RE: roll center (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:03:23 -0500; in the '60s, most independantly-sprung cars had some camber change (wheel lean) as the suspension deflected-- like the Hammond lakester that just rolled at Bonneville. With more modern independant s; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00803.html (8,150 bytes)
59. RE: roll center (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:40:55 -0500; the 77 had a lot of positive camber showing on the rear when I saw it towing to the line in 2001. I pointed it out and somebody told me it was a swing-axle. I met Seth, Tanis, and crew later that we; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00808.html (8,308 bytes)
60. RE: roll center (score: 1): Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:33:20 -0500; when I bought my jeep, I was looking for a surplus M-151 (I know how to work with the swing axle, and love that little "4-wheel drive dune buggy"). But one of the government agencies (Fed Hwy Dept?); /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00835.html (8,596 bytes)

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