Bryan;
That will be interesting reading.
Jack Costella's Nebulous Theorum cars are VERY efficient designs and
their long list of LSR records testify to that fact. I suspect the
bump/lift problem is particularly acute in any of the fastest
streamliners.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Savage [mailto:b.a.savage@wildblue.net]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:18 PM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: drmayf; Adin, David; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: news to me.
You're on target Neil.
He has been interested in LSR cars since he was a young man. He's
had access to the library of all of the British LSR cars, data that's
normally not available to the public.
He is fascinated by Jacks cars. Their design, with the flat bottom very
close to the track, is unique. He can't suggest any changes because
he has no data on that design. He is concerned about what will happen
if a bump lift's the nose. I asked him how much it would take on
N-III, he replied "I haven't the foggiest idea".
I'm going to send him an email in a few weeks and ask if we can put
his paper about Dust Drag on the land speed web site.
It was good to meet you at Bonneville Neil,
Bryan
Albaugh, Neil wrote:
> Bryan;
>
> If anyone should know, it's Ron Ayers.
>
> If anyone is unfamiliar with his name, he was responsible for the
> aerodynamics of Thrust II and he also worked on the Bloodhound missile
> project.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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