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Re: Re: Chutes

To: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Re: Chutes
From: Sparky <wmtsmith@landracing.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 8:45:17 -0500
John,   that is real close to what my high speed is its diameter is only 2.5' 
and the mounting point may be only 5-6" low I will go "eyeball" it again
> 
> From: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
> Date: 2005/06/14 Tue AM 06:42:00 CDT
> To: "Sparky" <wmtsmith@landracing.com>,  <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Chutes
> 
> Have had plenty of chute "experiences" over the years. Some don't make any 
> sense to me, but that's another story. Never had one unload the front axle, 
> but they will unload the rear.
> 
> On my current car I found the CG (about center of trans and cam height on my 
> car) than took a string and ran it from the CG out to where the chute will 
> deploy (allow for diameter of deployed chute from ground) and built the 
> mount on that line.
> 
> JB
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sparky" <wmtsmith@landracing.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:41 PM
> Subject: Chutes
> 
> 
> > In respose to several inquires and feed back:
> >
> > Stroud and several others say the optimum way to mount chutes is a 
> > straight line from where the chute flies to  a point that lines up with 
> > the vertical CG   usually about the cam shaft on most cars..  that is 
> > usually above the centerline of the rear axel...
> >
> > which could unload the frt axel..
> >
> >  "Sparky"
> > Lakester 2211
> 
> 

  "Sparky"
Lakester 2211






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