What's on your mind today?

[Biggus Dickus]

^^
Wow, Tank! You must be so proud of him. 

Yes indeed, sounds like a wonderful guy...good thing he takes after his mum!

[Dave]

Wow indeed, a very highly qualified brake technician! Or dies he actually design the stoppy bits! They are only gojng to employ those really capable in that sport.

After seeing some IR images of racing car brakes on a test rig I can see where his high temp expertise might be handy!

Not a bad idea to grab the money and get the worldly experience whilst you can, gaining technical experience at the same time - sounds like win-win-win to me.

[Tank]

^^
Wow, Tank! You must be so proud of him. 

I am. 

[Tank]

Wow indeed, a very highly qualified brake technician! Or dies he actually design the stoppy bits! They are only gojng to employ those really capable in that sport.

After seeing some IR images of racing car brakes on a test rig I can see where his high temp expertise might be handy!

Not a bad idea to grab the money and get the worldly experience whilst you can, gaining technical experience at the same time - sounds like win-win-win to me.

Apparently the art of the breaking game is cooling. The carbon disks have a narrow effective temperature window. Andrew spends a lot of time on computer models of the break inlet and exit ducts shaping them to suit each track. It has to be a compromise between under cooling on the twisty bits an over cooling on long straights. The last thing you want is a car arriving at full speed down a 1/2 mile straight into a hair pin and finding the breaks are so cold they don't work!

[Dragonia]

Yesterday evening I spent a few hours with 150 Vietnam veterans. There wasn't enough time to pay my respects to all of them of course, but it was very moving and awe-inspiring listening to some of their stories. I have a deep love and appreciation for soldiers, past and present.
I realize that a man or woman isn't a hero just because they are a soldier, but so many of them really do have a brave hero's heart and these survivors really exemplify that. I had to cry a little bit once I got to my car. Lots of big feelings tend to grip my heart when it comes to matters of sacrifice and bravery and brotherhood.

[Icarus]

^ Thank you for that Dragonia. 

[Tank]

My wife received a first edition of her book today. Only one problem. It's the translation into Greek so she can't read it!!!

[Dave]

My wife received a first edition of her book today. Only one problem. It's the translation into Greek so she can't read it!!!

Hey, what's this book then?

[Tank]

My wife received a first edition of her book today. Only one problem. It's the translation into Greek so she can't read it!!!

Hey, what's this book then?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perspectives-Play-Learning-Avril-Brock-ebook/dp/B00ID6P3XM

[Dave]

My wife received a first edition of her book today. Only one problem. It's the translation into Greek so she can't read it!!!

Hey, what's this book then?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perspectives-Play-Learning-Avril-Brock-ebook/dp/B00ID6P3XM

Excellent! Play is such an important factor in development. The history of play, even of toys, tells a lot about the development of cultures. Tried to get hold of a copy of "An Anglo-Saxon Childhood", a very rare book so the library that had it would not lend it!

Play is also an important part of discovery, I think some of the best scientists and resesrch engineers never fully grew up in some respects!

[xSilverPhinx]

True dat.

[Dave]

True dat.

Yes, bloody yes!

Used to have a tee-shirt,

Death?
Been there
Didn't fancy it
Came back.

Wore and washed it so much the letters faded. Must get another one printed.

A commercially made one has a pair of jump-leads forming a heart shape with "Jump starts not needed" within it. Ref to implanted defibrillator. Kept for occasional hospital stays.

[jumbojak]

Wow indeed, a very highly qualified brake technician! Or dies he actually design the stoppy bits! They are only gojng to employ those really capable in that sport.

After seeing some IR images of racing car brakes on a test rig I can see where his high temp expertise might be handy!

Not a bad idea to grab the money and get the worldly experience whilst you can, gaining technical experience at the same time - sounds like win-win-win to me.

Apparently the art of the breaking game is cooling. The carbon disks have a narrow effective temperature window. Andrew spends a lot of time on computer models of the break inlet and exit ducts shaping them to suit each track. It has to be a compromise between under cooling on the twisty bits an over cooling on long straights. The last thing you want is a car arriving at full speed down a 1/2 mile straight into a hair pin and finding the breaks are so cold they don't work!

Do they do anything to get them up to operating temperature before the race? I'm picturing power braking in a fashion similar to drag slick burnouts or a mechanic with a torch, like Smokey Yunick heating his oil can in the pits.

[xSilverPhinx]

True dat.

Yes, bloody yes!

Used to have a tee-shirt,

Death?
Been there
Didn't fancy it
Came back.

Wore and washed it so much the letters faded. Must get another one printed.

A commercially made one has a pair of jump-leads forming a heart shape with "Jump starts not needed" within it. Ref to implanted defibrillator. Kept for occasional hospital stays.

I love those!

[hermes2015]

"It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go. The difference is that you can compel your car to go to a garage, but you cannot compel Hitler to go to a psychiatrist." — Bertrand Russell

Can anyone suggest the name of a current president to substitute above?