prophecy Fixed Gear

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

If constant speed is what you want in a modern Pattern model, then some extra 
drag is not necessarily a bad thing.

Matt K


> Subj:Re: prophecy Fixed Gear 
> Date:2/18/2004 3:25:19 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From:ronlock at comcast.net
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> To:discussion at nsrca.org
> CC:vanputte at cox.net
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> I suspect the original research on that question was by Peter Goldsmith, 
> during design of his Carerra.  It was the only fixed gear bird in the F3A 
> line
> at a Nationals in mid 1990's.  Peter found that conventional gear retracted 
> into a door-less well had more drag than fixed gear with pants.
> That was the start of fixed gear becoming popular.
> 
> Ron Lockhart
> 
> >...John - Are you saying the the retract cutouts cause more drag than the 
> fixed gear with wheel pants?
> 
> Ron Van Putte<
> 

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