land-speed
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety

To: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>,Doug Odom
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Hans Device and Safety
From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pahrump.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:39:40 -0700
Bryan,
My data logger has accelerometer capability fore/aft and lateral. Why 
wouldn't that work in the event of an upset? Has anyone looked at 
their data logger to see?
Skip



At 11:17 AM 9/8/2008, Bryan Savage wrote:
>Doug
>
>In my opinion , that data does not exist. Modeling would not be possible
>because data on past crashes has probably been destroyed , if not , it is
>not available anyway.
>Too bad. In my opinion, data about past crashes would allow safer cars.
>As it is, generic rule changes are made based on the SCTA's decision.
>I don't know if anyone on the board is s Mech. Engineer, but I think
>better idea's would come from the 300-400 participants than a dozen
>well meaning folks sitting around a table.
>IBM had a project in the early '70's and management didn't want to spend
>money to improve it because they plans to stop selling and support it.
>It was
>opened to  the customers for suggestions and we got a  flood of code from
>our customers that they had written to meet their needs. The customers
>improved the product so much that it is still in service and making IBM
>money.
>That's what happens when you get a large number of interested and involved
>people solving problems.
>
>Just my opinion folks,
>
>Bryan
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net  http://www.team.net/donate.html

Land-speed mailing list


http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/land-speed

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>