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Re: Gyroscopic effect

To: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Gyroscopic effect
From: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:19:15 -0400
Somebody sent this quote from John Akroyd , Thrust's designer :

 "A lighter wheel reduces the gyroscopic forces which tend to overturn the car
in extreme yaw conditions (loss of control)".

That agrees with my die grinder test .

John Burk




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