Getting backspin on a Vanagon is harder than it sounds.

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 00:23 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> good point..
> it is not just about drag,
> but about lift..which increases distance.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@q.com>
> To: "'Scott Daniel - Turbovans'" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>;
> <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:49 PM
> Subject: RE: LineX Syncro Westy
>
>
> > Golf balls are dimpled because, with the tremedous rate of backspin
> > developed by the angled club face, they actually fly, with the dimples
> > developing lift.  Kinda neat watching the trajectory of the ball off a
> > wood;
> > long flat flight till the spin slows down, then the ball drops like a
> > stone.
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> >
> >
> >
> > |-----Original Message-----
> > |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> > |On Behalf Of Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> > |Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:37 PM
> > |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > |Subject: Re: LineX Syncro Westy
> > |
> > |Golf balls are dimpled for a reason.
> > |They go through the air better with dimples on them, than if
> > |they were smooth.
> > |
> > |The roughness  may help in that department, possibly.
> > |Next..
> > |it'll come in colors ..
> > |imagine LineX in Hot Pink !
> > |
> > |50 lbs worth of spray-on weight I'd say.
> > |Make it thicker towards to bottom to aid keeping center of
> > |gravity lower.
> > |
> > |Need to see as many dimensions and possibilities as we can find.
> > |It's more than what meets they eye, if we think about it enough.
> > |
> > |now someone will over-accersorize the outside of vanagon until
> > |it's just ridiculous.
> > |Racks , ladders, tire mounts , gas can mounts ..kayaks ..
> > |sand boards ..
> > |as many things as you can find or think of to hang on the outside..
> > |now that would sure look stupid !!
> > |
> > |likin' the clean look myself.
> > |
> > |scott
> > |
> > |
> > |----- Original Message -----
> > |From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> > |To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > |Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:56 PM
> > |Subject: Re: LineX Syncro Westy
> > |
> > |
> > |> Not to mention the aerodynamic drag!
> > |>
> > |> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:16 AM, James V <chimivee@gmail.com> wrote:
> > |>
> > |>> Not sure it's my style, but the van definitely looks like a brute!
> > |>> I'm wondering...
> > |>>
> > |>> How much weight does that stuff add?
> > |>>
> > |>> Also, since many of the Vanagon rust issues originate on
> > |the inside,
> > |>> with bedliner applied, isn't there a concern that the potential
> > |>> cancer goes unnoticed for longer? To me, it seems that the
> > |>> superficial chips / bush pinstripes that the bedliner would protect
> > |>> against aren't much of a problem. Yet more serious rust issues or
> > |>> collision damage may be exacerbated.
> > |>>
> > |>> Just wondering...
> > |>>
> > |>> James V
> > |>> 86 Syncro Westy
> > |>>
> > |>
> > |>
> > |>
> > |> --
> > |> Jake
> > |>
> > |> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> > |> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
> > |>
> > |> Crescent Beach, BC
> > |>
> > |> www.thebassspa.com
> > |> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> > |> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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