Some of the original Mini Coopers had rubber doughnuts for suspension, also. I dont know if that was their dampeners, too? I have a friend that autocrossed a Mini Cooper back in the mid-60's so I could find out from him. Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi
>>> Gene Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/30/06 9:22 PM >>> You know, that comment about aircraft triggered something in what little brain I have left. The Mooney M20E I got my commercial license and a lot of my instrument time in had (and still has) - are you ready? - RUBBER PUCKS for main gear suspension. But it uses four of them stacked up. You can see a photo of the set up here: http://www.aopa.org/images/pilot/mooney/0003_10.jpg . But my F500 is a heck of a lot easier to slow down, come in a bit hot and that Mooney would float for what seemed to be forever; considering the strip I flew out of was only 2460 feet long... Gene near Seattle On Oct 30, 2006, at 5:25 PM, edward capullo wrote: > Bruce > My F33A Beech Bonanza could land at 52mph (good for those slow > corners) and had a straight line speed of 170KTs (195.5mph) which is a > hell of a lot faster than any F500 or S2000 I've ever driven. > What's wrong with wings..as a matter of fact we can now buy those soon > to be worthless F1000 > homebuilts (read non-Stohr) put our 494/493 Rotaxes in them and be > ................F500!!!! > Captain Eddie ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
