Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.rec.ski,net.physics Subject: Re: ski tips, up or down? Message-ID: <295@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 20:23:38 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.295 Posted: Fri Mar 1 20:23:38 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 20:32:02 EST References: <518@intelca.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.rec.ski:406 net.physics:2197 > On my many ski trips, there is no uniform way to place skis on a > rack. It seems to me that there must be some optimum way to > orient a pair of skis to reduce air resistance and enhance > car handling. After all, there are only four possibilities: > > 1) skis up tips forward > 2) skis up tips back > 3) skis down tips back > 4) skis down tips forward > > Ofcourse some people have those wierd racks that mount skis together > and sideways, and others (particullary z and porshe drivers) mount > on the hatch...... A Swedish friend once told me that on her driver's license test the same question was asked. The correct answer was (3): tips down to the back. This is what I've always chosen intuitively as well. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146