Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:43:05 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: NOVC Comment on fuel economy, drag and velocity
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This is GREAT Roger !!
Big laughs.
It was great to meet you and your wife too, one sweet guy, and you are way
fun online.
Kilowhile-ing away,
Scott
www.turbovans.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Roger Whittaker
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:24 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: NOVC Comment on fuel economy, drag and velocity
dear all
on the recent trip through the usa ..
i tied my new wife to the roof of the westy ...
both fuel economy and the enjoyment of life suffered
net gain was the diminished road noise ...
next trip she suggests we tie me to the back like a bike rack
i will then be able to do reverse vectors on i5 both north and south bound
these will be in one dimensional fractal increments of metric time
average speed is the unknown ...
for those unfamiliar with metric time
canada went on the metric system many years ago ...
actually the SI ...
metric time divides the clock into 10 sections of 6 minutes each
first one is a while
group of ten is no longer an hour but a kilowhile
a whole day now divides into ten sections of 2.4 kilowhiles
hence the term killing time which is to travel from anywhere in california
on i5 to anywhere else on i5
yours
On Jan 24, 2008 6:32 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Frank Grunthaner wrote:
>
> > Take Home Lesson: 30% fuel economy loss at average speed of 80 mph
> > with
> > mountain bike perpendicular to direction of propagation. Not a lot
> > of surface area.
> > Large effect.
>
> Last spring we drove to Florida with a Radio Flyer wagon tied to the
> roof luggage rack of our Ford Focus wagon (wanted something to haul
> the kids and their toys, beach chairs, etc. back and forth to the
> beach). The impact on fuel economy was quite dramatic, in fact it
> would have been cheaper to buy a wagon there and leave it than it was
> to haul ours down there and back. My guess is that it would be
> better economy-wise to haul a small trailer than have anything on the
> roof.
>
> Allan
>
--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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