Oxygen percentages go lower at rarified altitudes.....
Wes
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> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>, Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> CC: land-speed list <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:37:32 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>Do all of you guys use nitro fuel? Can't figure
>out what other kind of fumes ya'll are inhaling.
>hee hee hee
>
>
>--- Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net> wrote:
>> Joe,
>> I was skiing at Deer Valley alongside the take
>> off ramps for the aerials
>> competition. Gave me an idea ... remember
>> those ramps they had for Hot
>> Wheels cars to do loops and things? We could
>> get the production people who
>> do the Toyota ads to build us a "return"
>> structure ... then we could have a
>> full course length for stopping. The G forces
>> could be bad at speed
>> though.
>> Wes
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>> > From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
>> > To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
>> > Subject: Re: FW: V4GR Roadster Considering
>> V1 Rocket Power ?
>> > Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:47:28 -0700
>> >
>> >Wes, they can figure out how to shut them off
>> after 7 miles, ... and it
>> will
>> >stop..............., but the new rules
>> instated to compare apples to
>> apples,
>> >requires the V1 to be sleeved down or else it
>> will be competing against the
>> >Thiokol powered beasts, sounds like a little
>> fun, but without the challenge
>> >pushing this power against mother earth, it
>> sounds like you need big
>> sponsors, I
>> >think I will stick with my rocket powered by
>> >aspirations-shoestrings-nickels-sack lunches
>> and family support and keep
>> trying
>> >to get through someones accurately timed
>> clocks as quick as I can
>> >Joe :)
>> >
>> >Wester S Potter wrote:
>> >
>> >> ----------
>> >> From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
>> >> To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
>> >> Subject: Re: V4GR Roadster Considering V1
>> Rocket Power ?
>> >> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:58:52 -0700
>> >>
>> >> There's an inventory discrepancy on Titan
>> Missle motors at Hill AFB
>> twenty
>> >> five miles from here. Could be some
>> floating around loose that could be
>> >> acquired. Perhaps you could contact Mayf
>> and figure out how to shut one
>> of
>> >> those down after seven miles.........and
>> stop.
>> >> Wes
>> >> ----------
>> >> > From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
>> >> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>> >> > Subject: Fwd: V4GR Roadster Considering
>> V1 Rocket Power ?
>> >> > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:32:06 EST
>> >> >
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>> >> >Return-path: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
>> >> >From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
>> >> >Full-name: FastmetalBDF
>> >> >Message-ID: <92.1d53d4e.25e5b8dc@aol.com>
>> >> >Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:27:40 EST
>> >> >Subject: V4GR Roadster Considering V1
>> Rocket Power ?
>> >> >To: V4GR@aol.com, saltrat@pro-blend.com,
>> land-speed@autox.com
>> >> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>> >> >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 31
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi Rich, You could be right ;
>> there might have been reed
>> valves
>> >> in
>> >> >those
>> >> >nasty V1 forerunners to the much larger
>> V2 rockets , but I recall
>> >> >seeing
>> >> >cutaway drawings which showed a " door " of
>> vanes , looking very much
>> >> like
>> >> >venetian blinds , and opening and closing
>> in the same manner , mounted
>> a
>> >> >short
>> >> >distance in from the air intake , and it
>> was stated that their purpose
>> was
>> >> to
>> >> >control the air flow by rapidly fluttering
>> open and closed in time with
>> the
>> >>
>> >> >combustion
>> >> >sequence . Just my take on how the
>> incoming air was handled
>> --------
>> >> >they
>> >> >seemed to make a lot of power with cheap
>> fuel and very few parts !
>> >> > Hope you aren' t considering mounting
>> one on your roadster !
>> It
>> >> >looks great
>> >> >the way it is --------- and where do you
>> find spare parts for those
>> >> >stovepipes ???
>> >> > Get hot on that 32 plym motor
>> -----
>> >> >Have fun , Bruce .
>> >> > B T W ------ I' ll be right across
>> the Bay from you next month
>> ,
>> >>
>> >> >and will
>> >> >probably visit Al Leist' s shop again (
>> Darrell and were there last
>> >> year
>> >> > ) .
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