Geekin' again

Jay Hassinger Jay Hassinger" <jhassinger@home.com
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:15:30 -0500


> Well, since hp=TxN/5252 (where N = rpm), we simply plug in the figures for
> T and N. T was calculated as above. RPM is the rpm of the drum (not the
> engine of the car spinning the drum through the drivetrain). Therefore,
> since we know N and T at the drum through data acquisition, we can
> calculate the hp at the drum as well as the torque. Pretty clever, don't
> you think?

This is exactly what I read from Doug Myer of Muzzy Racing.
(Yes those two wheeled Muzzy guys. ;-) )

But as many things that are way over my head in the engineering world, I
wasn't sure which was correct.  :-)

Does this mean we get to call Cadle a monkey?  ;-)

Jay Hassinger
B13