<VV> [FC] Corvair Research

[Lou Martino]

Thank you for responding.  My son is working on a "Engineering Disasters"
project for his high school engineering class.  He was assigned the Corvair
as his "disaster".  We are having difficulty finding any technical
information about the "problem".  He needs to cover what was wrong, why it
happened, what the solution was, etc.  I know that this wasn't an
engineering disaster but I don't want him to get too caught up in the
politics and miss the real lessons of the project.  He is getting "Unsafe
..." and at least one other book but I think he needs some good info on the
suspension and other components.  I personally haven't read Unsafe and am
not sure what detail is there.  I will see if your book is available
locally.  Any info you can provide would be very much appreciated.

Thank you again for your help,

Lou Martino
  -----Original Message-----
  From: BobHelt at aol.com [mailto:BobHelt at aol.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:36 AM
  To: crawfr at rpi.edu; Corvanatics at corvair.org; virtualvairs at corvair.org
  Cc: lou.martino at verizon.net
  Subject: Re: <VV> [FC] Corvair Research


  In a message dated 4/29/2008 8:10:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
crawfr at rpi.edu writes:
    They are looking for the engineering history surrounding "Unsafe at Any
    Speed." So if you can provide any information regarding the engineering
    history before and after that event (e.g., NHSTA PB-211-015) please
    forward that information to:

    Lou Martino (cc'd)
    lou.martino at verizon.net


  May i suggest that this request be more specific since this document
mentioned is some 130 pages long. Maybe, best, is that there is a summary
included in my book, THE CLASSIC CORVAIR.

  Are you looking for history surrounding "Unsafe...." or history
surrounding the design of the Corvair?
  Regards,
  Bob Helt





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