TEXAS MILE OCT 2010 Thread: Official updates, etc.
#77
10-23-2010 | 01:34 PM
copied from other thread into here...
<<\/>> First shake down run this morning at Texas Mile for Mayhem, EVT1200 997.1TT. A 6 to 7 tenths of a mile run. 222.16MPH. Time to start turning up the music and let this beast blare out it's "Ballad of Mayhem!" Stay tuned.
Weather at first run, Clouds, 83 degrees, 40-50% humidity, wind from the south at 10-25MPH. Gusting up to 40MPH about an hour ago.
We are determined, but not unsafe!!!
Stay tuned.
Weather at first run, Clouds, 83 degrees, 40-50% humidity, wind from the south at 10-25MPH. Gusting up to 40MPH about an hour ago.
We are determined, but not unsafe!!!
Stay tuned.
#78
10-23-2010 | 02:28 PM
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Honda drag racers used to experience this because they would build the back ends so light that when the chute deployed it would lift the back end off the ground, making it difficult to control. Hard to say how a Rear Engine setup would effect this upon lifting and unsettling the back as well.
With a landspeed style chute a longer cord is used so that the chute opens a bit later, once the driver has lift and the car settled, it also keeps the chute farther away for wind resistance reasons. I know a777vegasviper went the extra mile (literally in this case) and order this style chute for his Viper, hopefully this was the case with other competitors and this was just a fluke incident. At these speeds every pass is still R&D which is scary, but the risk one takes when pushing for records.
With a landspeed style chute a longer cord is used so that the chute opens a bit later, once the driver has lift and the car settled, it also keeps the chute farther away for wind resistance reasons. I know a777vegasviper went the extra mile (literally in this case) and order this style chute for his Viper, hopefully this was the case with other competitors and this was just a fluke incident. At these speeds every pass is still R&D which is scary, but the risk one takes when pushing for records.
I saw the chute setup on the lambo's first hand yesterday and I'm not surprised at all to have heard about this wreck today. They used a laser cut steel setup where the chute was on the top half of the rear end hatch with the center line of the chute aiming up a few degrees. It just didnt look like any of the other setups we saw all day long.
Thank goodness the car had a cage!
Looking for pictures of the carnage...
#81
10-23-2010 | 07:11 PM
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My buddy just headed home...wind was too bad blowing him nearly off the track on his bike..worse than last October...I hear head winds, then tail winds, then cross winds...crazy weather there...sounds like rain tomorrow?
#82
10-23-2010 | 07:43 PM
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the chute got under the rear wheel and twisted up in it which caused the problem.
There was a video of it, a guy on Lambopower got it (talked to him but can't remember his name).
oh and I ran a 221.3 and have a little something left on the table for the morning run.
There was a video of it, a guy on Lambopower got it (talked to him but can't remember his name).
oh and I ran a 221.3 and have a little something left on the table for the morning run.
#86
10-23-2010 | 10:28 PM
The car was at least 20 feet in the air I saw it in person. There will be a video up soon. It will make you appreciate what a great cage job the UG guys did. It was great to see Richard come up and hug his wife who was very upset.
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10-24-2010 | 01:58 AM
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