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Old 11-13-2013, 08:24 PM   #874 (permalink)
arcosine
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sc1 - '98 saturn sc1
Team Saturn
90 day: 43.17 mpg (US)

Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour

rans - '97 rans tailwind

tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129

2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L
90 day: 28.25 mpg (US)

red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI

big tractor - '66 ford 3400

red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI
90 day: 58.42 mpg (US)

RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo
90 day: 16.67 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
I know we've talked about it.
In the movie,Tucker,the Man and the Machine,Alex Tremulis warns Preston about the danger of the turning fenders,and how Frank Lockhart was killed in the Stutz when they acted like rudders,Lockhart losing control.
Definitely scary as hell having a steered fairing on the front wheel of a faired recumbent bike. The pivot axis must be a the center of pressure and mass to prevent flutter instability. They said in the news real that the rear tire blew out at 220 mph, it was damaged on earlier runs. The car rolled, flipped over and through him out, an awful video, discretion advised.
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