Okay let me see..... Air density is a critical factor in determining
Drag... and normally I would say it's not of consequence because we can't
control it.... but the honest answer is we can by adjusting the time of day
we run.... ( good air day Vs Bad air day )
We have talked about this Many times on the list.... Dave Dahlgren and I
were chatting about it yesterday on the phone.... and we found several
factors besides air which might attribute the Morning Passes to being
slower then the afternoon passes. I'll pitch a couple of theory's out and
let Mayf give us his hypothesis on them ... ( someday I'll learn what that
word means.... just dont' teach me now I like being ignorant )
1. The Salt is wetter in the morning then it is in the afternoon.? ( I
think this is true.... any decenters?
a. Wet salt provides worse traction
b. Wet salt increases Rolling resistance
2. The air is denser in the morning.
a. Dense air increases the drag because there are more slugs per mass
volume of air.
b. Dense air makes more Hp but not enough to over come the increased
drag associated with the dense air.
Keith
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> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Want1937hd@aol.com; kturk@ala.net; edvs@uswest.net;
drmayf@teknett.com
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Slugs
> Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:02 AM
>
> Hmmm, I guess it just depends on your background
> - - how you view these things, I mean. To me,
> when I hear "slugs", I think of the first round
> loaded into the riot gun, followed by a full
> magazine of #00 buck 3" magnums! And I drink
> Diet Coke too!
>
> Oh well
>
> Dick J
>
>
> > << Slugs are an english unit of measurement
> > which gives you a specific wieght
> > per Mass Volume.....
> >
> > K..... " or Someone slow on the cooler
> > uptake...." >>
> >
> >
> > Slugs are also a garden pest. The easy
> > way to rid the garden of them
> > is to leave a saucer of beer for them to drown
> > in. Bob in connecticut...with
> > a British Racing Green thumb
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