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Re: Indy 5.00 rule clarification
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lugnet.org.us.laflrc
Date: 
Mon, 1 May 2006 17:38:07 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, John Brost wrote:

I think we need a "best of show" award ;)

   No wonder! Just from the back, that looks very nice. Wish I was closer (time
is tight this year).

Big wings on the back make them go faster right?

   I suspect the studs tend to make for a slightly less aerodynamic surface than
desired. I'm beginning to think about Indy 5.00 + Sumo for a "Deathrace 2000"
scenario.

--
Brian Davis



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(...) Definitly, though you can't see it by that picture, that is why I used this piece (URL) the wing. I think I'll add a couple big "coffee can" exhaust tips coming out of the bumper tonight. I think that is supposed to make them go faster too! (...) (19 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)

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  Indy 5.00 rule clarification
 
I think this has been permitted in the past, but I can't remember if we decided if it shouldn't be encouraged or not... The Indy 5.00 rules state that "The bumpers must be perpendicular to the robot's direction of motion, not 'angled'." Does this (...) (19 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)

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