- 61. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 21:13:21 -0800
- Ooooouuuu...did I hit a nerve or something? I do not remember any conversation n the thread about a partial teardrop. Nope, just that free falling rain drop. And you are sure that Jack's car has no a
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00588.html (9,424 bytes)
- 62. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 02:07:40 EST
- << So what shape is the best? Who knows without CFD or some such..or you can look at Jack's NT788... mayf >> SHHH! Jack /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try ///
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00592.html (8,531 bytes)
- 63. RE: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Waldron, James" <James.Waldron@CWUSA.COM>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:23:05 -0500
- Thank you very much for your advice. It all makes sense to me. Sounds like you have a very practical approach, pictures of your belly pan and the like. Thanks, Jim W. James, From the information I h
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00594.html (9,175 bytes)
- 64. RE: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:05:22 -0600
- While we're at it-- raindrops aren't teardrop-shaped, either! Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Danger, danger, danger...unsolicited opinions coming...warning, etc YMMV, hit delete now..... Well, all the hoo
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00598.html (9,812 bytes)
- 65. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:49:18 -0800
- RE: AerodynamicsWell, I am gonna try and take some high speed pix of a falling rain drop. Since I live in Pahrump, it might take a while to actually find a rain drop. I have my wife sit on the tall l
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00622.html (10,582 bytes)
- 66. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:01:13 EST
- << ut probably only aorund it's terminal velocity. If I use a sphere as the shape, then I can get a Drag coefficient and calculate the speed and the distance it needs to fall for max speed. Stay tune
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00629.html (8,865 bytes)
- 67. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:19:36 -0800
- Since a rain drop is travelling rather slowly, wouldn't it be a different configuration at high speed? Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00633.html (9,167 bytes)
- 68. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:34:27 -0800
- Don't know how fast it would fall, but it has a terminal velocity. My guess is pretty slow compared to high speed cars. The way to figure terminal velocity is to set the weight equal to drag equal to
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00637.html (9,247 bytes)
- 69. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: Want1937hd@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:32:24 EST
- Are all rain drops the same size, more or less? What happens if you use a turkey baster in place of the eyedropper? A taller ladder may be required. Bob in connecticut /// unsubscribe/change address
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00642.html (8,987 bytes)
- 70. RE: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:12:36 -0600
- I saw a film of raindrops falling somewhere in the dim past. It was done with high-speed strobe photography but I don't remember who did it. Maybe it was Doc Edgerton at MIT. Anyway, the rain drops
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00644.html (8,738 bytes)
- 71. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:38:03 -0700
- I apologize for the abrupt response. I am more impressed by what I see work than by ton's of theories. If you had read the whole post before you started laughing, you would have noticed I did mentio
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00648.html (10,277 bytes)
- 72. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:01:16 -0700
- Maybe I screwed up in my amateur explanation of the issue but I have multiple references that show different basic shapes and their cd. The tearprop shape has the lowest drag and it is like 10x grea
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00650.html (9,366 bytes)
- 73. RE: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:44:53 -0600
- And-- past the speed of sound-- would the raindrop become diamond-shaped? --Original Message-- From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Thomas E. Bry
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00656.html (9,391 bytes)
- 74. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:55:30 -0800
- According to the rain drop site largest that a rain drop can be is about 5mm in diameter. They blow apart during the fall otherwise. And since that site has all the particulars including velocities a
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00657.html (9,198 bytes)
- 75. RE: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Russel Mack" <rtmack@concentric.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:18:00 -0600
- Howard, you've hit it on the head again. That's the BEST thing about racing landspeed-- the timeslip always proves who is the "rightest"! Russ, #1226B Mayf, I apologize for the abrupt response. I am
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00660.html (10,400 bytes)
- 76. RE: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:52:27 -0600
- I don't think we disagreed on anything. Please don't feel slighted, I'm sure no one intended that. Your observations are very valuable to us all. No one can argue with success; interpretation of why
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00670.html (9,603 bytes)
- 77. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:58:58 EST
- << I am out of business on this subject. Drat.... mayf >> Couldn't get your wife up the ladder huh! jack /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00679.html (8,009 bytes)
- 78. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:45:04 -0800
- Nah, she gets shakey just on a stool. And I wasn't quick enough to climb the ladder, squeeze the eyedropper scramble back down the ladder, grab camera, take pic...I mean I am good, but that's stretch
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00700.html (8,746 bytes)
- 79. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:04:32 EST
- << What shapes do these develop duirn free fall? Inquiring minds want to know....nah...no they don't... mayf >> How about Bullshit? (suposed to be funny) jack /// unsubscribe/change address requests
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00716.html (7,824 bytes)
- 80. Re: Aerodynamics (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:02:15 -0800
- Don't know about bullshit, but there is a lot of it on the list> I have contributed more than most. I do know that when it hits the ground it makes a large k-flop and ultimately turns into those thin
- /html/land-speed/2003-01/msg00722.html (8,337 bytes)
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