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Re: [Land-speed] Spins and Things...

To: NT788@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Spins and Things...
From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pahrump.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:57:16 -0700
Jack,
Thanks once more for the information. I am figuring how to measure 
loads with my "test" rig.

Skip



At 10:33 AM 6/14/2009, NT788@comcast.net wrote:

>Skip
>
>It was a 200mph run,  it did not pull, the tread offset was about 
>2".The contact patch is what counts not the contraption supporting 
>the wheel. An extreme offset tread bias, would eventually pull, 
>kinda like caster/scrub does when turned.Its the diagonal 
>loading.Again neg. caster might work against spin propensity(more in 
>a rectangular tread layput).
>
>Jack
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat@pahrump.com>
>To: NT788@comcast.net
>Cc: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>, "Kirkwood" 
><saltfever@comcast.net>
>Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:48:41 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Spins and Things...
>
>Jack,
>Did 788 pull, at all, towards or away from the "loaded" side?  I have
>found that mine pulls a little away from the side with the most
>weight on the spindle.....as it should. So weight control or loading
>is very important.......never had this problem with
>airplanes......just vertical stabilizer angle of attack/incidence.........(-:
>Skip
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