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Re: Rear steering

To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Rear steering
From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 19:58:18 -0700
As I recall over the years there were three attempts at rear wheel
steering not counting the Nobel jet car. I also seem to remember none
getting to the first timing light even with the restrictions of 100 mph
max to see if they could keep it between the black lines. The answer is
Nope. In almost any warehouse most fork lifts are required to travel
backwards for the safety of what seems to be the more natural way of
getting the vehicle to go in a straight line. In every case the
correction in  trying to go straight became an over correction to bring
the vehicle back in its intended path only to spin. Gentlemen, it's not
worth the waste of fabrication time to try what ain't going to work.
Just my thoughts of seeing a lot of strange things on the salt. It's a
long wait to the next season.
Glen

John Beckett wrote:

> Nope, it's real. Just not legal any more.
>
> John Beckett, LSR #79
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: "Daniel Wright" <daniel.wright@genetics.utah.edu>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 4:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Rear steering
>
> > Am I mistaken, or didn't all of this
> > rear-steering talk start with "tongue in cheek"
> > as a joke?
> > Dick J
> >
> > --- Daniel Wright
> > <daniel.wright@genetics.utah.edu> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I have been following with interest the
> > > discussion on rear steering.  I
> > > can't see in the rule book where it is
> > > prohibited.  Can someone refer me to
> > > any applicable paragraph?
> > > Dan Wright
> > > Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Utah
> > > dan@saltflats.com
> > > Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
> > > "It's amazing what you can do when you don't
> > > know it can't be done"
> > >
> >
> >
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