Droool.
I am just popping to the bathroom.
what delicious examples of machining, you could throw out the TV and have one of those in its place !
your build is coming along nicely !!
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Wow! Those Sponsons must be big... sorry, wrong thread
Seriously, that's an awful lot of impressive and expensive machined alloy there. Looks absolutely wonderful - thanks for sharing
Seriously, that's an awful lot of impressive and expensive machined alloy there. Looks absolutely wonderful - thanks for sharing
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Exquisite work. Sometimes i wish we weren't stuck in 1954.
Thanks for sharing it with us - always appreciated.
Thanks for sharing it with us - always appreciated.
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Maybe after a K7 and a Barracuda you might feel a 2015 project worth pursuingRenegadenemo wrote:Exquisite work. Sometimes i wish we weren't stuck in 1954.
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Got lots of engines and such - bring the project and we'll look at it.Maybe after a K7 and a Barracuda you might feel a 2015 project worth pursuing
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I still think we should go for the jet-powered forklift record
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According to the knowledgeable on another forum, the engines you must have are of the "RR Jinxed" type Now if you had three Vipers .....Renegadenemo wrote:Got lots of engines and such - bring the project and we'll look at it.Maybe after a K7 and a Barracuda you might feel a 2015 project worth pursuing
Will the jet - forklift have rear wheel steering ............. if it does I will just stand and watch, from about 1/2 mile away.
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Whereabouts on the vehicle does this go? Is it a 'diffuser' in the F1 sense, accelerating the low pressure air under the car and smoothing its return to ambient, higher pressure, slower speed, conditions (I think I got that right :/) thus generating down-force. Is it a 'diffuser' in the jet engine internals sense, the section at the rear of the compressor stages that slows and pressurises the air prior to the combustion stage (I presume not, as you wouldn’t be messing around with the internals of the EJ200's)? Is it a 'diffuser' in the Inlet sense, slowing and raising the pressure of the air heading for the front end of the engine? Or is it going somewhere else entirely?Mark Elvin wrote:Diffuser floor about to come off milling machine............
My money is on the Inlet by the way. (Actually, its on the fin, in the shape of the names of 8 family members plus yours truly. But you get the general idea.)