The point being , like horses , theres correct , and less adviseable ways to part company with the machine .
Practiseing movements and visualiesing differant proceedures may help them to occur autimatically in a emergancy.
For stroppy young speed racers .
The old foot on the seat & up as it hits trick .Not recomended with busses and semis . :shock:
Busses are best avoided , Not recomended but through under a semi might beat into it .
A bit russian Rouletteish , like the p.o.w.s rolling over the track timed to avoid the train wheels
after cutting a hole in the floor .So as to avoid the rear guards obsevation .
The pulling the leg as it goes down trick , and rolling back clear with a foot to the steering head .
essentially , if a sudden obstruction occurs , The Brakes , Evaluate , shoot the gap if availiable .
If unavailable go in last, not first. Preferably not under . Dont trap a leg . dont get draped over the bars .
The more athletic reconed to project upward , timed bar release , to half sumersault and project over to land on the feet running
Leather Soles are excellent here .
Robert Holden dropped it on the ripple at the top of the straight in the wet at a ton once , Waltzed foot to foot
down across the straight , over the grass , and absorbed impact on Large Tin Sign with his name " HOLDEN " on it .
Holden being G.M. Australia .
Point being , you dont ' Just fall Off ' a horse , theres ways to go about it . :lol: A bit of pracrtise on proceedures
should make the reactions automatic .
Like Jumping out of an Aeroplane, & Landing .KEEP the kness slightly bent , foot first on youre nether regions.
Then the legs act as a shock absorber.rather than snap .Also rolling left or right will alter vector .
Eyes Wide and forward will allow evaluation of options .
But , as said . FIRST step is Fr Brake .HARD. Apparently the decelerations better than the seat of the pants .
LAST options abandon ship , But Kicking Clear for the gap / hole in the sky beats testing the Max. G deceleration
of the anbatomy. over 20 G's things tend to let go .
Its amazeing what the sense of self preservation will achieve if given a bit of assistance .
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Back to the bikes, remember these guys are at the crossover period to professional w,f,o lunatics now prevalent .
and the science of applying horsepower was ( and is ) still being developed . Given conditions to there advantage ,
they were still capeable of beating ' the best of the best '. Again which won when ' conditions were to THEIR advantage .
Track / weather etc . Obviously on the film where Lawill loses the champs , FATIGUE is his major enemy . To clear thinking and optimum performace . Balls ups gallore through not scheduleing efforts / requirements .
Thus , I think , the olde girl still had life left in it .If the Cosworth had ' Bolted straight in , or theyed thrown a 3 bearing bottom end under it particularlly. Appears to many chiefs , jealousies , amatureism , entusiasm and missdirected efforts through ' seniority snobbery '. and the secretary mayve been off . Ever seen an outfit where the office Girl didnt keep the ship afloat .?
Throwing the rotissary in one wouldve pulled its finger out too .Come hell or high water .
thats werte ' manadgement knows best ' sujugates the workers and if snots sabotages
development and progress by leaps and bounds .
Giveing the young whipperschnappers free reign and guidance .
BUT the whole ' financially dictated proceedures ' cut the throat .
350 twin cams axed after full development to production readyness ( NVT ) a massive loss .( and gift to the opposition )
rebellious workers , incompatant in parts middle manadgement ( due largely to the pommy social hierachy . Ever had to deal with them .Suicide would be a good deal more rational than the inanity of decision makeing logic and execution . nd less painfull / quicker .
The general demenour is creating delusional problems to prevaricate over so as to create the illusion of power and superiority and accomplishment .Where theyve never created a thing in their lives .other than bewilderment & dissbelief.
Only in the Big city . . .
Go for it with your belief in the compatancey in youre set up , Steve . Theres a lot of blinding by science desguiseing a lack of envisageing of concepts .
If a person can concieve the manner of opperation BEFORE commiting it to paper , or metal . hes a step ahead of the thousand calculations to envisage a ' logical ' outcome .
Theyred be no progress without vissionarys and people ' outside ' the mold .
Id take it big Goodyear dirt track tyres , progressively damped long travle suspension and desert bars would get the
plot together .
The long travel stuff didnt happen till around 1980.Horses for courses . Though I cant see the monkey position of the pocket rockets as sane for circuit raceing . .Alfa threw two P3 grand prix engines in a chassis to meet the krauts 200 mph pre war .If a person didnt stick his neck out we'd never get anywhere .Its the pricks that chop them off thatre the trouble .
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