>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 10:54:16 -0500
>From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
>Subject: Captain J. S. Irving
>
>List,
>I was reading, in the "Radial Times", October, 1934, an article by Captain
>J.S.Irving of the U.K. who apparently designed the car ("The Golden Arrow")
>that Seagrave drove to a land speed record in 1929 at 231.44. In the
>article Irving discusses his design for a 350 MPH car and specifies design
>criteria including frontal area, downforce and "side area that places the
>Cp aft of the Cg". It is a good article and food for thought.
Where did you find the article? Do you have a stash of 69-year-old
literature in your basement, or was it somewhere we could access it as
well? I'd like to read it if I can somehow get my hands on it...
Sometimes the best new ideas come from old ones. :)
- Ralph
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