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When Alan mentioned the "two ways the chutes are activated", he didn't mention the crew chief's box on the starting line. Or, is that automatically included in the Leahy's box function?Alan could not have explained it any better or in a more simple way for all to understand. Thank you Alan.
Larry Sutton---
When Alan mentioned the "two ways the chutes are activated", he didn't mention the crew chief's box on the starting line. Or, is that automatically included in the Leahy's box function?
Just depends how deep the cables are in and how tight the pack is. If the body or part of the body where the packs are mounted comes off, the distance may yank them out.Alan is just as "tech savvy" as the late Steve Evans was. Forces chute failure explanation makes total sense from an engineering standpoint. However, I'm still wondering why the chutes didn't deploy merely from the chaos going on (engine explosion, body all mangled, hitting the wall, etc.). I've seen them deploy on lesser violent events.
The levers mount to the body because the whole body comes off, and that where the chutes are. What you say could be done, but that makes chute packing a bitch cause now you have to wait till the body is back on, plus route both cables every times.The bigger issue, in my opinion, are the body tethers. Without tethers I don't think Force hits the wall at all. Or at least not at that angle. He was driving that car after the explosion, problem is he had no idea where he was going.
Does Force still have the chute levers mounted on the body? If so my guess is he couldn't reach them, assuming the manual operation of the chutes were not part of the issue Alan speaks of. I don't know how many inputs there are to chute assembly. This video from last year shows them mounted on the body(Go to 2:10 for the in car shot).
My two cents as an uneducated spectator - NHRA needs to reevaluate the the body tethers and the parachute packs, cables and levers need to be mounted to the chassis.
Thanks, Alan. to quote Rick in "Casablanca": I was misinformed...The crew chief box doesn't deploy the chutes, it closes the throttle.
Alan
How about having cables that attach to the chassis from the body mounted levers that can be unlatched to take and put body on and off that would pull chute levers if the body gets levers out of reachfor years, the engine exploded, and the body flipped up and off, or into pieces, pulling chutes simultaneously.
one of the more memorable was hight and hagen thru the traps at gainesville probably 4+ years ago now......but the body and/or body parts
flew where they wanted ...... and now john's accident. not sure if new rules can be implented? sometimes all the pieces just
happen in the worst possible way
I guess it is easier to pick the pepper out of the FLY S%#T for opinions than read the actual reason from someone who knows like Alan Reinhart.Chutes would have been out no matter what if the body had been off! He could have driven it also!
The crew chief box doesn't deploy the chutes, it closes the throttle.
Alan
Would that kind of engine explosion have rendered the CC box unusable?
Posted this before watching video that Larry posted about on comp, watch it, thanks for the heads up Larry on how Alan’s info brings fact to the discussionHow about having cables that attach to the chassis from the body mounted levers that can be unlatched to take and put body on and off that would pull chute levers if the body gets levers out of reach