Keith,
I had a half hour dicussion with Bob Stroud Tuesday Morning concerning our
chute experiences. He said that working with Vesco and Joe Law has been
enlighening and he has gained an apprication of LSR. We will be working on a
new chute design and I plan on keeping everybody up to date. I my mind, I have
ALWAYS thought of a parachute as a safety devise and I don't like feeling
apprehensive about pulling it!
joe
Keith Turk wrote:
> I had a discussion with Bob "Grib" the other day about what his thoughts
> were in relation to his incident at maxton.
>
> This is the third time for him to leave the race course. The first without
> any kind of a chute...
>
> the second two times it was with this 14 foot chute that is on a short cord
> and mounted Lower then it oughta be I think.... He is giving up on this one
> entirely and going to a 10' with a longer shroud lines....
>
> The other significant thing I think about this issue is that folks are
> waiting to late and getting excited.... we have almost a full mile to shut
> the car down.... There isn't a Safety issue with the course at all... As
> evidenced by the 199mph Pass that Will made and the chute Failed to deploy
> .... he didn't worry about it.... he simply drove the car through the shut
> down area.... no big deal... Plenty of room .... he wasn't even phased by
> the chute not coming out... Keep in mind I just have stock brakes on the
> car.... as that is all that is required...
>
> Anyway I simply think folks are waiting to late to pull the chutes...I also
> feel that mounting issues need to be addressed....The overall design needs
> to be based on Slowing the car down not Yanking it to a HALT...
>
> Keith Turk ( Yeah Brad and I were hashing this out last night ... it's an
> interesting topic as we have never seemed to have any trouble in this
> department )
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