quote joe Wrote
>it was one topic that elicited not only passion,
>but interesting applications of differing concepts
>related to the whole go fast dilemma........
>ie, weight, aero, various speed measurement strategies,
>and other interesting electronic measurement/management issues
>
>adding weight is not an issue for some, aero is
>tough and fairly finite, many are finding the limited
>course lengths (ie less good salt) forcing more and more
>to happen in a shorter distance, ie more aggressive accel
>needed etc, whoever wants to discuss these issues, I am
>all ears
>
>
>Joe :)
An interesting topic Joe , for what its worth here is my take , seeing that
im just graduating from LSR kindergarten ( do you have that over there ?) I
spose we down here are just plain lucky having no "salt condition problems
ha ha " but traction problems are universal ,but firstly what "traction
problems are we talking about ,acceleration induced or drag induced I spose
most instances would be acceleration ? for myself im investing most of my
capital into aerodynamics ,as I believe this is by far the most important
factor in "going faster " by a country mile ,I have looked at several
methods of improving traction over and above the crude method of adding
large quantities of mass , one method that I think warrents much more
investigation is that used by the F1 cars in the 70's which was so effective
it was banned "ground effect" using underbody venturies , from my research
so far it appears to have the lowest drag penality and can be greatly
enhansed by using a fan especially for low speeds , I believe that this
method can / could overcome any traction problems encountered , but it still
leaves us with our achilles heel " TYRES" . I will continue to go down the
road of AERO as this is the only way I will achieve my goal of running an
open bike at or above 300 mph . I have pushed very hard to have the rules
changed in the DLRA to allow far greater "inovation" in appling liberal
aero interpretations and I have succeeded in having most allowed , and
working hard to have the others changed in the near future
MY vote is AERO second choice is AERO
Gary ( working hard to get my nitrous junk heap to the salt on time )
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