Evelspeak

[elkroeger]

"If the center of the thrust and the center of gravity and the center of lift coincide at the center point, and if the thrust is set in the right position, and if the right amount of thrust is being applied to the back of the motorcycle, this machine will be stable."

 

That's Evel Knievel talking about his rocket bike in his biography that I'm reading.

 

Really, it pretty much explains everything....

[Todd_Z1]

Wow, I was just wondering about "thrust" and how it all works...and well...now I know.

 

Cheers!

[USAF1]

You have to know that this only works if you're south of the equator.....on an even numbered Tuesday (could be a Thursday)......during a full moon.......and you've had 19 shots of Tequila (with worms)!

 

Pat

[T__]

"If the center of the thrust and the center of gravity and the center of lift coincide at the center point, and if the thrust is set in the right position, and if the right amount of thrust is being applied to the back of the motorcycle, this machine will be stable."

 

That's Evel Knievel talking about his rocket bike in his biography that I'm reading.

 

Really, it pretty much explains everything....

 

Elkroeger, an awful lot of (if’s) there.. That works with frogs also>> IF a frog had wings it wouldn’t bump it’s ass when it jumped..

 

Twisty

[Dietrich]

Now I know why Evel got pretty banged up at times, it was not stupidity, just one or two if's not being there. Go figure!?!?

[RFW]

The problem is that the center of gravity and the center of (rocket) thrust can NEVER be at the same point! That would require the rocket making the thrust to be somewhere in the middle of the bike (probably somewhere in the middle of the engine!).