All I can think about is a front dismount in a wreck, parachute diploys and
gets tangled around neck and snaps my neck in half.... Ill take my chances
on a dismount were I feel comfortable and a skid which I have some control
with some road rash... Your on the salt with nothing it hit except for the
bike itself and that will generally happen with the first impact so a
parachute I dont think will help that either way. Either way I dont see it
happening in the forseeable future... Then again who anticipates a high
speed crash???
Hey Skip maybe the chute is only 6" square, wounder if I can intergrate that
into a tail section that comes off my back and just call it a parachute...
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Skip Higginbotham
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:35 PM
To: Jon Wennerberg; land-speed@autox.team.net
Cc: Gary C. Hensley; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: fast bike dismounts
>On Thursday, June 15, 2006, at 01:56 PM, Skip Higginbotham wrote:
Jon:
The personnel chute is in a small pack (about 6"square) and mounts
just behind the rider's head. So it may actually help the aero
problem. In boats, mine was attached to a life preserver that was
very compact. A lanyard connected the canopy to the boat and if the
driver is ejected, the chute opens and the driver is slowed
rapidly....feet first. No rolling around. I never had the opportunity
to use mine (luckily) but have talked to several drivers who went
over at 200+ and into the water and they all survived with minor
injuries. It seems to me that the result would even be better at the salt.
A harness could easily be made by a safety company....Stroud, Deist, etc.
To Joe, please note that we have open bikes over 250 and they are not
going to get slower.
Skip
>>Well, maybe we can convince the bikes over 200 to use them....what
>>do you think?
>>Skip
>
>Show me what you're talking about*, please.
>
> Jon Wennerberg
>Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
>
>* "drag boat chutes"
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