Howdy,
I have the Goldenrod data sheet in my hands, picked it up from
Saltair when the Goldenrod was being displayed there I think in 1998...c/d
.117,, frontal area 9 ft2,, ground clearance 5 inches,, width 48,, top of
engine height 28inches top of fin 42 inches....8435 lb. with driver ready
to run....tread 36 and 24 inches front and rear, wheel base 207,,, length
32 ft 9.5 inches,,( I wonder if the length given is with the tail shroud
they used at first, there was a closure to the tail made of papermache? or
something like that to maintain the tail section shape. it was supposed to
come off when the chutes were deployed, and be reused, but I think it was
destroyed the first or second time used) now the tail section thing is
memory, there was an article written on the Goldenrod in an SAE paper that
I have not laid my fingers/eyes on for this email, but will look for it....
At 04:45 PM 11/5/01, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11/5/01 10:33:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, v4gr@rcn.com
>writes:
>
><< I suppose and 7sq. ft. sounds like alot. >>
>
>I think you'll find that the Golden rod was 11 sq. ft. But the smaller the
>frontal the better. Ask Jack.
>
> Mike
John Robinson, Mechanician
Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
1513 University Ave.
Madison, Wi. 53706
608-262-3606
FAX 608-265-2316
Current World Land Speed Record Holder
Bonneville Salt Flats
H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
131.333 MPH set 1995
136.666 MPH set 1996
140.292 MPH set 2000
144.396 MPH set 2000
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