Don't laugh, The Rice Bros that furnish the timing computers have been
contacted to time a Hovercraft. The are still in the contract stages.
Should be interesting.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Forsythe" <rf-list@centerone.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: World of Speed ... flushed!
> > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:20:32 -0600
> > From: "Dave Seely" <dseely@sginet.com>
> > Subject: Re: World of Speed ... flushed!
> >
> > Maybe we should add a swamp buggy class, 'Land Speed Racing', becomes
'Salty
> > Swamp Racing'. Maybe as a variation on the barstool racing. Would
nitrogen
> > filled speedway tires be better than tundra tires on a racing barstool??
> > ;-P
> > Dave Seely
> > 1141 XF/VOT
>
> Hahahaha, "Hovercraft Class"... Now that would be interesting for sure.
> Not wheel driven, but not technically an aircraft either, so how does that
> qualify? I'd like to see one of those hit a couple hundred MPH... :)
> (streamliner hovercraft?) Boy if there was ever an interesting
> application for a couple of turbine engines this is it! Or maybe some
> small block V8's just to get that throaty rumble. heh. "Hoverstool"? Ok
> I'll stop now.
>
> I guess now I don't feel quite so bad about having to cancel my trip to
> WoS this year, but I'm sorry it had to be stopped all the same. I'm sure
> a lot of hard work went into preparation and I was looking forward to
> reading about it and seeing pics online later. Good job anyway guys!
>
> -rf
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