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Old 11-13-2009, 04:09 AM   #63 (permalink)
brucey
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OFFICIAL RESULTS:

Weather Conditions:

45°F | °C
Current: Partly Cloudy
Wind: N at 3 mph
Humidity: 48%

Method:

Cruise was set at 55 and run on my 1 mile test track. A - B 3 times each, cancelled with cruise and resuming with resume. I put the boat tail on and duct taped a few areas where I felt it could be catching. Then did another A-B 3 times, and went back, took it off, and did ANOTHER A-B 3 times.

Data:

NO TAIL:

A: 33.2
B: 33.4
A: 33.2
B: 33.2
A: 33.4
B: 33.3

TAIL:

A: 33.6
B: 33.4
A: 33.5
B: 33.1
A: 33.4
B: 33.0

NO TAIL:

A: 34.7
B: 33.3
A: 32.9
B: 33.3
A: 33.5
B: 33.4

Results:

GORRAMIT

Pretty much a wash.

Its interesting that the best AND the worse results came from the same run set, in the same direction.

Other than that, it seems I've made a 4 foot rolling blind spot. And I now have enough data for myself to start over pretty much from scratch.

*sigh*

It would have been really useful for the trip to Cape Canaveral this weekend for the shuttle launch. Hopefully I can rig up a kamm quickly and drag it down.

Last edited by brucey; 11-13-2009 at 04:21 AM..
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