Nick, > Andrew, > Sounds interesting! > Another, less important point is that Nitrogen is 'dry' - contains no moisture.
Yep exactly - no moisture means no changes with humidity etc. > > I saw an ad for those seminars, just a bit pricey eh? - unless you > work for Motec! Did you learn anything interesting? > Yeah US$750 is a lot of money. It is VERY interesting, but the theoretical basis of what he says can be found in various books. A lot is also to do with utilising data aquisition systems. Its the little stories etc, founded from his experience, which would be valuable to a race engineer, and in effect what you are paying for. There is no doubting that Claude is an EXTREMELY knowledgable and experienced engineer and its ashame there is only time for him to share a tiny bit (despite 3x 12 hour days!) Actually, a few weeks ago I had some one-on-one time with him over dinner :) Unfortunately, I think he thought I was a dickhead... :( > Any clues on how to get involved as a race engineer besides... > a) Bluff and rat-cunning > b) Going O/S. > As with anything, it appears its who you know not what you know :( Andrew > > > > From: "Andrew Greenbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: nitrogen filled tires > > Date: 24/06/2002 12:48:34 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Yep Errol is correct. I went to one of the racecar dynamics > > seminars with Claude Rouelle (ex head race engineer in > > F1?/CART/IRL etc etc) and he made the point that the use of > > nitrogen in dampers etc was for consistent operation, because > > there is no change in expansion/compression with temp. > > > > Andrew > > > > > I think you will find its more to do with the rate of expansion per degree > > > of temp increase. This means your tyres react more predictably with temp > > > changes. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Feral Errol > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.datrats.com.au/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Little > > > Sent: Sunday, 23 June 2002 6:59 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires > > > > > > and aircraft > > > > > > --- mark krawczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i > > > believe that some racing pushbikes use nitrogen > > > > in the tyres? > > > > > > > > mark k > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "James Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:32 PM > > > > Subject: RE: nitrogen filled tires > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually I think they do that to maintain a > > > > constant tyre pressure since > > > > > nitrogen is less likely to expand with heat > > > > increases, a common practice > > > > in > > > > > some forms of motorsport. If he really intended > > > > to make the tires lighter > > > > > he should have uses helium. > > > > > > > > > > Jame Cox > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >No > > > > > >I have only ever seen a bloke fill his tyres with > > > > nitrogen to make them > > > > > >lighter, similar to bridge construction (true > > > > story) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: > > > > http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > > > Send (un)subscribe requests to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au > > > - Find yourself a bargain! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
