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Re: Rear Engine T's

To: saltracer@awwwsome.com, lsr_man@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Rear Engine T's
From: "tim cunha" <tfc1932@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 17:04:36 -0800
oh yeah one other thing look at the front end of don waites 27 in its last 
form as well as Khoughaz's 27. they bothe had faired in front axles and 
covered wishbones, creating a very large front wing that with a little 
atitude adjustment would fly! khoughaz flipped as well as don waites!


>From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
>Reply-To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
>To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>CC: FastmetalBDF@aol.com, landspeedracer@email.msn.com, Flowbench@aol.com,  
>  Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com, fosterap@flash.net, kturk@ala.net,   
>land-speed@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Rear Engine T's
>Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 08:46:56 -0800
>
>As I understand the issue, there were a couple of things that
>contributed to their demise. We had several crash in 1959. The reasoning
>went something like this. 1. they are a wing and tend to fly at speed.
>2. the position of the driver was such that the car was out of shape
>before the driver realized it. These were stock wheel base cars I believe.
>
>Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC

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