[s-cars] lights

[Mark Strangways]

Isn't it 88 feet per minute
Last time I checked there where 60 minutes in an hour.

Am I daft'd today ?

Mark 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] lights


> 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
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