Any time one can run 300 in the 1/4. The downstream speed will be
good. That has to figure into the equation.
Skip
At 07:11 PM 1/6/2011, Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>You lost me a bit there but if I see what you are hinting at I think the
>problem is less with a drive wheel than a driven one. A drive wheel the tire
>gets deformed from the loads on it providing thrust so a small deflection
>might just unwind it a bit then it gets rewound unless the unwind also unhooks
>it from having traction. A driven wheel is more like an over inflated
>basketball with about the same amount of damping..
>Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: NT788@comcast.net
> To: Dave Dahlgren
> Cc: List Land Speed ; sparky 2211
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Charles Nearburg
>
>
> Dave
>
> I call what a what a tire does thrust?
>
> Jack
>
> I am on Jack's side here. Traction control Motec or otherwise will save you
> from hurting tires but will never make it faster. Ack went 394 or
> so out the
> back with 1 tire and I can promise there is no traction control there. Aero
> is everything in the end and frontal area is right there with it. The old
> V^3 problem.. if it has some suspension even better a solid
> suspension turns
> the tires into an undamped spring and harder to control than might be
> initially thought. For it to work the track has to be perfectly flat and
> smooth, problem is nothing is perfectly flat and smooth. Ever drive a car
> with bad shocks? same thing only at a more exciting pace.
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <NT788@comcast.net>
> To: "sparky 2211" <sparky.2211@cox.net>
> Cc: "List Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Charles Nearburg
>
>
> > -Weight, balance, aero,frontal area,controlability,traction coefficientB
> > and
> > horsepower. Jack
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Charles Nearburg
> >
> > My GUESS would be MOTEC traction control.
> >
> >
> > ---- Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@wildblue.net> wrote:
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> While reading Howard Nafzger's comments about the car he designed and
> > built,
> >> "How did Charles hook up so much horsepower with two-wheel drive?b
> >>
> >> A very interesting question. Before he did it, I couldn't believe you
> >> could put enough
> >> power down on the salt to exceed 400MPH.
> >>
> >> All I can think of is that the car has outstanding aero so it didn't
> >> have to put down
> >> a lot of power...??
> >>
> >> As it was an FIA run, it wasn't a tail wind.
> >>
> >> Anyone else have any ideas?
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