Fifty shades of Jade

[Pete]

Good old Will does not disappoint....

[autofetish]

Contemplating the idea of a some sort of Ram air intake plenum.

The engine is a 1300cc 14,000rpm turbo 40 Psi boosted engine.

Utilizing a Ram air affect will hopefully supply some free boost to the front of the turbo.

If we place the intake on the nose cone it could also reduce a high pressure area and reduce our drag coefficient.

Some sort of sealed tube with a plenum but there is little information out there and it all seems to be black magic and snake oil.

[autofetish]

We also got a parachute that we are going to screw to the rear


I’m thinking the procedure is going to be clinch bum cheeks.
Curl toes around a frame tube think of England press parachute button

[mygasser]

i'm only guessing (based on common sense though) but if you fire the chute up at too much of an angle at speed wouldn't it lift the back off the ground or at least make it go very light. it would only be momentary but it could really upset the bike and at the speeds you'll be doing that doesn't bare thinking about. most drag car chutes point pretty much straight back which could be something to do with what i'm saying or not. i could of course be talking complete bo**ox in which case ignore me.......again
neil.

[Pete]

I know one Pro race team that had twin chutes, but they were placed low and when it came to deploy them, they were in a "dead air" area and the drogues would not pull the main ones out - resulting in a trip into the field.

[Dom66]

I'd wear the second one on your back, in the hope it would pull you out of there in the event of anything 'untoward' occurring....

[autofetish]

[morgan]

I have no words but feel I need to post if only to acknowledge this EPIC undertaking.
Will, you remain DA MAN !

[mopar_mark]

Wow, that must of been a Weld Marathon....

As said many times, great work

[autofetish]

More and more gussets added !

All welding is now done and the frame held 100PSI Overnight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[morgan]

Well son of a gun. Look what my TV suggested!
Something slightly eerie going on with monitoring my viewing but otherwise, well done TV !

[autofetish]

like a glove

[autofetish]

I have no words but feel I need to post if only to acknowledge this EPIC undertaking.

Thanks it’s definitely turning into a bit of a mission but it’s nice to be in uncharted waters and doing something very different.

Slightly concerned we have created abit of a monster and there is no excuse for not going fast ...

[RobTwin]

I hope the frame is still the same weight you had planned for...

[mygasser]

I hope the frame is still the same weight you had planned for...

the metal one or the human one?
neil.