""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 )""
No offense Keith but slowing down the camaro may be easier than for some of the
other cars simply based on aero's, a brick is providing more braking drag than
some of the other cars, may not be the case here not sure, I probably should not
comment, as I was not there Joe
Joe Timney wrote:
> 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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