"Cameron Laird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > . > . > Ha! It's interesting, especially for "computerists", to consider > how some technologies "plateau": steam car speeds, fresco paint- > ing, dry-stone walls, ... > > >From what I remember from my reading, the Stanley Steamer had a reputation as a "Hot Rod" (pun intentional) - and people said that nobody who tried to get its maximum out of it would live.
I would suspect that the cause was not the engine, but the cornering performance of the chassis. Would be interesting to put an engine like that into a modern chassis to see what it would do. Probably would not beat a mini fitted with a Kawasaki 1100 engine for each wheel, though - an interesting problem in real time control... - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
