- 1. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:38:48 -0700 (PDT)
- John Beckett <saltracer@servusa.com> wrote:... ... 7) Parachute - It's mandatory over 175 MPH, but it should never be considered to take the place of a regular braking system, or that it's the primar
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00403.html (7,782 bytes)
- 2. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "James Tone" <gmc6power@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:43:16 -0700
- Jim Diest had a sheet he handed out for years concerning this. I might be on his website. If Stroud says the camshaft he's discriminatory and I'll need to see my ACLU rep, my camshafts on the side :)
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00410.html (7,792 bytes)
- 3. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:51:04 -0700
- One thing about drag guys, they manage to stop from a lot faster than I'll ever go, in a much shorter distance(I don't know about Maxton) and they do it with two wheel brakes. RF
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00413.html (7,535 bytes)
- 4. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "bernie brown" <bernien2@swbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:40:38 -0500
- If the fast drag guys chutes don't open, they use sand/gravel/fence to stop, not brakes. bernie
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00414.html (7,831 bytes)
- 5. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:14:57 -0400
- With two big 'chutes on a very light car. JB -- Original Message -- From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; "Land Speed List" <lan
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00420.html (8,060 bytes)
- 6. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 07:17:51 -0400
- We have mud, around the ten / eleven mile, or the interstate berm at JB -- Original Message -- From: "bernie brown" <bernien2@swbell.net> To: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>; "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00422.html (8,398 bytes)
- 7. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:08:13 -0400
- The cam height on a centered V-8 is the approximate CG height. This won't work on a transverse mounted Honda Civic, or lots of other crazy LSR configurations. JB -- Original Message -- From: "Sparky"
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00425.html (8,162 bytes)
- 8. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:56:25 EDT
- Establish the cg of vehicle (back to front, and up and down, the centroid) draw a line from that point to the center of the fully extended chute measured from the ground.Attatch it anywhere on that l
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00445.html (7,726 bytes)
- 9. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:33:33 -0400
- Did this on the Hondaliner over the winter with some string and found I was about 3" to low. So where is the best place to attach the chute. Establish the cg of vehicle (back to front, and up and dow
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00447.html (8,132 bytes)
- 10. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:31:24 -0400
- Well if your trying to base the CG off the cam location its gonna be a little crazy in your car. JB -- Original Message -- From: <john@theromeros.org> To: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com> Cc: "
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00460.html (8,303 bytes)
- 11. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:46:45 -0500
- We got the same thing at Bonneville. It's called MUD. stop,
- /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00467.html (7,567 bytes)
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