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- Thu Apr 20, 23 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Dave999's Aussie Charger
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Re: Dave999's Aussie Charger
Love it keep the updates coming
- Tue Apr 18, 23 11:39 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Stripped sand blasted and painted the complete frame Upol 2k eitch primer 3x coats PN-S2025 Base metalic Audi grey 3x coats Upol clear coat 4x coats PN-S2081 Yes the weight is more but I'm sick of the frame going rusty Painted in a dusty workshop with a cheap compressor and gun came out great ! Just...
- Tue Apr 18, 23 11:35 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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- Wed Mar 15, 23 10:35 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
I was wondering if the back wheel will whistle with all those holes in the guarding :D Yes we think that also, not to mention it also looks like a washing machine drum lol I do wonder though, if the launcher position would cause the chute not to deploy correctly? Hard to tell. We did launch the par...
- Mon Mar 13, 23 8:45 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
The parachute pull location is determined based on few things and happy to talk anyone thought what i have learned.
Picture is of Guy riding the bike at 200mph he makes me look so chubby
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Picture is of Guy riding the bike at 200mph he makes me look so chubby
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- Mon Mar 13, 23 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
:geek: I was a cheeky boy and happened to walk into a wind tunnel with load cells and full 3D lidar scanners :D This has given us so much data like initial Pull force , sustained, degrading pull force/side load/ground effect/drag coefficient etc. etc The 3D lidar helps us understand patterns with gr...
- Mon Mar 13, 23 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Yes, Neil, you are correct! There is so little known about parachute mounting points, and I have spent two years studying, testing and going around the pits. We had looked at deploying the parachute from behind the rear wheel but it just takes up so much space. While the parachute will deploy from i...
- Mon Mar 13, 23 8:56 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Dave999's Aussie Charger
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Re: Dave999's Aussie Charger
Well done fella
- Mon Mar 13, 23 7:31 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
It’s going to be Interesting testing it :/
- Mon Mar 13, 23 7:29 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
I Hope i did blue proud with the holes
- Mon Mar 13, 23 7:24 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
We are still working on the rear body shape. I’m keen to try and get the parachute mounted and tested this season and keen to try and launch the parachute from infront of the rear wheel. (I’m not aware of anyone doing this today) The idea is having it in front of the rear wheel will allow me to have...
- Tue Feb 07, 23 8:56 pm
- Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
- Topic: E10 - Fuel eaten my fuel lines !
- Replies: 11
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- Tue Feb 07, 23 8:54 pm
- Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
- Topic: E10 - Fuel eaten my fuel lines !
- Replies: 11
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E10 - Fuel eaten my fuel lines !
Dodge charger 68 Complete fuel system only 6 years old Torques (EBay) AN10 hose - feed and return Cheap pump gas only E10 Car gets used very little and has sat for 3 years with fuel in the lines Went to start it up and all the fuel lines are Bananarama! fuel Seems the E10 has rotted all the lines !!...
- Sat Jan 14, 23 6:22 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
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Interesting throttle action...
Interesting throttle action...
- Sat Jan 14, 23 6:12 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Hello, all hope everyone is well. Still hammering away this! End of 2022 managed to just get out for the last time mainly working on gearbox control software which for once seemed to work well. Stuck Guy on it and after a few .. laps of the Carpark the boy did 203mph with 180hp @ 40% throttle :rr: T...