Friday's The Big Day ... Or Is It?

[JEBar]

the video has been pretty much all of it .... I suspect (read that a pure guess) that they realize the unrest caused by the delay a month ago and for whatever reason haven't been able to reschedule a major event

 

[Ekh]

I guess they scrubbed making the first start a big PR party and just got to it when they had the IAV slot (and money) available. It's up, it's running, and maybe it will bring some $$ in.

did you notice the rhythmic sway of the cradle? Any of our automotive engineering types (G-1, for instance) want to comment on that?

I think it's terrific they finally got the little bugger running!

 

[wheaters]

Well, I voted for less than 5 minutes.
Where do I collect my prize?

 

[Ekh]

I dunno. Sounded a little rough to me. Definitely not a purr.

Listening to it again a couple of times, I think what I was hearing was some sheet metal vibrating, like maybe a cabinet door, or a lose cover ... the underlying pitch of the engine sounded very steady and solid.

 

[JEBar]

did you notice the rhythmic sway of the cradle? Any of our automotive engineering types (G-1, for instance) want to comment on that?

not an automotive engineer nor do I play one on TV .... the cradle sway seemed to me to correlate directly with the RPM's .... the faster, the more noticeable the cradle sway .... I figured it came from the torque from the spinning components within the motor

 

[Ekh]

I wanted to say something about enharmonic vibration, but was afraid I'd get the terms all wrong. But if you're going down the highway, you don't really want your front end swaying that much ... recall the discussion about postponing the prototypes until engine testing was well along or done ... looks like this might be the sort of vibration / resonance that will need attending to. But i could be completely wrong on this.

 

[JEBar]

I wanted to say something about enharmonic vibration, but was afraid I'd get the terms all wrong. But if you're going down the highway, you don't really want your front end swaying that much ... recall the discussion about postponing the prototypes until engine testing was well along or done ... looks like this might be the sort of vibration / resonance that will need attending to. But i could be completely wrong on this.

that makes two of us .... only you used much more highfalutin words ..

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Well, I voted for less than 5 minutes.
Where do I collect my prize?

At your local Elio Store!!! lol

 

[wheaters]

At your local Elio Store!!! lol

Great. I'll nip along there any year soon....

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Great. I'll nip along there any year soon....

so now, with our Daylight savings time, it's 6pm on the east coast, how late are you screening your messages?