[s-cars] lights

[Kent McLean]

Tim Dahm wrote:
> I get 17.6 feet in .2 sec
> On 4/17/06, Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> > c'mon now...
> > It sure doesn't take a half second to warm the filament...
> > I think 200 mSec is a more standard number.
> >
> > At 60 MPH that's a whole 3.52 inches...

That's because you are using 88 ft/sec * 0.2 seconds. Now, if 
you apply the new math they're teaching these days, you need 
to recognize that mSec is really a metric second, so you need 
to divide the 17.6 feet by 60 (the Imperial second to metric 
second conversion factor) to arrive at .293 feet or 3.52 inches.
[1]

Now, if it were 17.6 feet, that's the difference between 
a bad accident and an almost accident.

-- 
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke

[1] tongue totally in cheek