I remember my old GT6 (well it was new then) used to get very light on its
front tires at around 80-85 mph. When passing large trucks pushing a lot of
wind in front of them, it was touch-and-go whether I would go sailing into a
guard rail as I came even with the truck's doors. Only a 90 deg. turn of the
wheel, steering into the truck, prevented that. Had to time it just right....
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> Andy,
> Probably a combination of the "airplane wing" effect and the air being
> funneled into the engine compartment through the radiator opening. I'd
> love to have been a casual observer! :)
>
> Andrew Mace wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Joe Curry wrote:
> >
> > > Not much chance of that happening [bonnet popping up]
> > > on a Spitfire! :)
> >
> > Maybe not. Maybe the Spit's bonnet is too heavy to do what a Herald
> > bonnet almost did to me many, many years ago. I'd just gotten the
> > "replacment" bonnet primed and mounted onto my Herald, but Mr. Way-Cool
> > Senior in High School was too busy wanting to drive to the local wrecking
> > yard for more bits to bother installing the chromed latches to secure the
> > bonnet.
> >
> > While I don't know if the bonnet ever would have actually arisen to full
> > open position while moving (had something to do, I think, with a low
> > pressure area being created by air flowing over the top and around the
> > base of the windshield while higher pressure air was underneath the
> > bonnet), I do vividly recall the panic on my buddy's face as he first saw
> > the bonnet's rear edge start to raise itself up. He and I were able to
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