<VV> [FC] Corvair Research

[Mike Jacobi]

Perhaps the "Engineering Disaster" he writes about could be the many
disasters caused by forcing the observable provable repeatable facts to
match the teachers erroneous assumptions.

Mike in Michigan


On 5/1/08 1:28 PM, "corvairs" <corvairs at pacifier.com> wrote:

> Mr. Martino - The problem here is that apparently the teacher has
> already assumed that the Corvair was an engineering disaster, while the
> truth is, it was one of the best engineered car in history. Because you
> say you do not want him to not get "too caught up in the politics",  we
> have to take that to mean that his entire report will have to be based
> on an incorrect assumption. That's hardly a good lesson in rational
> thought processes or engineering.
> 
> Based on the flawed assumption as the base - what possible use could any
> information from us be?    Lon Wall
> 
> www.corvairunderground.com
> 
> 
> 
>  Lou Martino wrote:
>> 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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