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To: macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
Subject: Re: Off Topic, again...
From: bugide@juno.com (Larry Dickstein)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 15:11:00 EST
Immobile, you say?  Never gave that any thought!!!  Hmmmm, my guess is
that it'll never catch on.

Larry Dickstein
bugide@juno.com

There is no problem that cannot be solved
with either a checkbook or high explosives.

On Fri, 21 Nov 97 12:40:51 -0500 Larry Macy
<macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu> writes:
>As, however, we spend most of the time "topless" the resulting 
>injuries 
>in top on spinning are irrelevant. The best way we havce found to 
>offset 
>the size diff is to utilize the bonnet as an effective support. 
>However 
>this is predicated on the MG in question being immobile and therefore 
>does no effect the lateral motion at high speeds.
>
>Larry Macy
>78 Midget
>
>>Correct you are, Bob, although probably not in a Midget, unless the 
>doors
>>were open for the intertial lateral stability supplied by the 
>extended
>>mass.  If the top were down, the vertical stability of the smaller 
>mass
>>would be aided, especially in light of the structural supports 
>provided
>>by the windscreen frame and headrests.  Conversely, if the top were 
>in
>>the up position, then all sorts of imbalances could occur, especially 
>as
>>the speed increased.  It would then be likely that some sort of 
>analomy
>>would occur, necessitating another try, probably in a different 
>venue. 
>>That is unless the first occurrence ended in a catastrophic event, 
>such
>>as might occur when the smaller mass is thrown away from all vertical 
>and
>>horitzontal supports.  This usually  happens only after sustained 
>high
>>speeds and, fortunately, is not always obtainable.
>>
>>Larry Dickstein
>>bugide@juno.com
>>
>>There is no problem that cannot be solved
>>with either a checkbook or high explosives.
>>
>>On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:56:55 -0600 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
>>writes: 
>>>I daydreamed through most of my science classes but I seemed to 
>>>remember a concept where, if you could mount the smaller unit from a
>>central pivot point and then spin it around on this new axis, the
>>gyroscopic effect could have a profound impact on the larger mass. 
>

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