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Helpful advice for first timer?
JrFuel Hayden:
I agree with taking it easy, and comfortable. My 1'st time driving a FED in 1963 [ before RED] I had some visual experiences. You see your brain is your computer, your eyes are lens, and your ears are microphones. So what happens is your brain is not used to [ programing] for taking in all that data so fast. Each pass you'll feel more comfortable as you brain gets reprogramed, plus the affects of adrinalin [sp?]
Some racers I know had fogging problems until they installed a helmet breath guard, from a motorcycle/ snowmobile shop. It keeps your hot breath off your shield. Check the M/C snow shop for anti fogging stuff. When I was driving at night I would put my goggles under my shirt before putting on my helmet so the goggles were the same temp as my face, ala no fogging. Of course that when open face helmets were legal.
The best would be to go to a Frank Hawly driving school, and they have you take it in steps, launch 1'st 2'nd 330', 3'rd 1/2 track, etc.
I always practiced each step of a run, sitting in the car, to program my actions/ reactions, so I did each step automatic. Don't worry about the blower visual issue, you'll drive it looking down the track just keeping the car in the center of the track. My worst visual was my dual engine BBC Top Gas Dragster, were I sat low enough behind the motors so my line of site was in the middle of the blowers.
A 6 foot tall person could stand at my front axle and I could not see any part of him. But then again nobody should be standing there before I make a pass.
I hope this all helps !
Jon Hansen, Hayden Wheels
wideopen231:
Still to make a pass in FED. With my TA/D I did pretty much the same a license deal.Stage drop hammer and shut dwon around 60' then 330 and then I went full track ,well about 100o foot and popped blower. DO IT AT YOUR PACE and forget what everyone else thinks.They did not pay for it and any idiot can hold a throttle down, it takes adriver to know when its time to lift and bring her back for next run.
I use to sit in car and make practice runs doing every thing just like a run from firing to hitting chutes .Might seem stupid to some,but it does seem it should help program brain for automatic reflex.
Have fun this crap cost too much money and work not to enjoy it some.
masracingtd1167:
Chris did you make motor sounds too!!!!
wideopen231:
yeap and she sounds bad a oops almost got introuble there.LOL Was affraid might not have enough to win that round so I hit the laughing gas button. Ok now back to the original programing.
GlennLever:
--- Quote from: masracingtd1167 on August 06, 2014, 03:16:17 PM ---Chris did you make motor sounds too!!!!
--- End quote ---
Making motor sounds is a requirement.
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