Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Enzo ABS did it fail?

[jimshadow (jimshadow]

My wife works with some that we're more or less dead!

Jim
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-----Original Message-----
From: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:30:48 
To:jimshadow [at] verizon.net
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Enzo ABS did it fail?

Don't those guys usually die after their first big photo assignment?

--- jimshadow [at] verizon.net wrote:

> Why don't photographers flinch when a 250lb linebacker runs thru
> them.....that's just what they do.   A lot of those guys will take a
> beating for a good shot.....
> Interesting observation.
> 
> Jim
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:09:02 
> To:JIM <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
> Cc:'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Enzo ABS did it fail?
> 
> Why did the photographer behind the jersey wall not flinch when the car
> hit?
> 
> Am I missing something or was it staged for the filming of the movie?
> 
> LS
> 
> --- Dennis Liu <bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > While ABS can work wonders, it still cannot defeat the laws of
> physics. 
> > At
> > a high enough speed, the tires will slip even if you're not hitting
> the
> > brakes.  For example, have you ever had the front end wash out when
> > hitting
> > a patch of ice?  
> > 
> > In the video, assuming that he did hit the brakes, it appears that he
> > had
> > way, way underestimated the upcoming corner, so his entry speed was
> far
> > in
> > excess of what it should have been.  He cranked in plenty of steering
> > lock,
> > but too little too late.
> > 
> > Vty,
> > 
> > --Dennis
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: clyde [mailto:clyderomero [at] mycingular.blackberry.net] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:22 AM
> > To: Dennis Liu
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: [Ferrari] Enzo ABS did it fail?
> > 
> > Finally saw the video clip
> > What an idot!
> > But why didn't the ABS kick in and allow him to steer away?
> > Or did the tires break traction at that speed with the surface being
> as
> > it
> > was there fore not allowing the ABS to work?
> > 
> > 
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