Although just a kid, I remember being outraged at the Indy 500 committee for handicapping turbines after Parnelli Jones nearly won in 1967 with his turbine car.
http://www.autopuzzles.com/Indy1967.htm On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 6:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:20:46 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >Turbines are kind of slow to respond to controls. Jet engine aircraft are > >less responsive than propeller-driven ones. There was a gas turbine > >automobile prototype in the 1970s. I do not know what it was like to > drive. > >It made a heck of a noise, I think. > > There have been gas turbine powered race cars, so the response can't have > been > too bad. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
