Your comedic timing is amazing. Car guy, practical engineer, and dad humor are blended together…… you sir, are my people. I’m looking forward to more videos on this, I’ve watched one each for the past 3 days and it literally makes my day better. Cheers
11:48 Why not use NASCAR Bars. Endlessly swappable (strengths), and very adjustable (arms). We use them on rally cars not complicated or expensive and that's to retrofit them onto production vehicles. for you it should be simpler
I truly admire the ability to recognize where something was not done as well as it could have been, and admire and appreciate the willingness to share that.
Im loving this series. Your channel is exactly what I was looking for. Just get it to run as best you can and go have fun. I dated a girl in Watsonville years ago and would've loved to see this thing at a cnc. Love it!
On part 3 and so impressed with your work !!! I'll go back and comment on earlier episodes but on this segment, just wanted to give you a heads up. Dear friend designed (and patented) the Bell 47 Transparency. As you can imagine, "Government Specs" are very stringent (hence the high cost) but the main problem Bell had was having the compound curves on the transparency be "distortion free" ... VERY hard to do ... we had the same issues with the first F-16 transparencies ("Canopy") as it was bulbous and 1 piece. My dear friend came up with a way to form the polycarbonate using "Hot Oil" in the forming process (vs heating elements/guns). On to part 4 ...
Your comedic timing is amazing. Car guy, practical engineer, and dad humor are blended together…… you sir, are my people.
I’m looking forward to more videos on this, I’ve watched one each for the past 3 days and it literally makes my day better.
Cheers
11:48 Why not use NASCAR Bars. Endlessly swappable (strengths), and very adjustable (arms). We use them on rally cars not complicated or expensive and that's to retrofit them onto production vehicles. for you it should be simpler
Because you didn’t tell me about them until just now! Where were you a year ago!?! Tell me more; lengths, rates, where to get them?
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Speedway should have them for everything from mini-midgets to full-size chases cars.
There are so many one-line gems in this that I won't even try to pick them out. The car is excellent, too.
Interesting info. I like knowing what didn’t work and what you changed to make it work better.
I truly admire the ability to recognize where something was not done as well as it could have been, and admire and appreciate the willingness to share that.
Great build. Always good to see the different ways people build them.
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I like your attitude regarding "originality"! Incidentally, if you have never read it, I recommend the book "Racing In The Rain" by John H Horsman.
Im loving this series. Your channel is exactly what I was looking for. Just get it to run as best you can and go have fun. I dated a girl in Watsonville years ago and would've loved to see this thing at a cnc. Love it!
I am glad you explained the load paths of the front suspension. I've been confused about that too.
Yep, flyin miata Rear swaybar. I recognize that finish anywhere
On part 3 and so impressed with your work !!! I'll go back and comment on earlier episodes but on this segment, just wanted to give you a heads up. Dear friend designed (and patented) the Bell 47 Transparency. As you can imagine, "Government Specs" are very stringent (hence the high cost) but the main problem Bell had was having the compound curves on the transparency be "distortion free" ... VERY hard to do ... we had the same issues with the first F-16 transparencies ("Canopy") as it was bulbous and 1 piece. My dear friend came up with a way to form the polycarbonate using "Hot Oil" in the forming process (vs heating elements/guns). On to part 4 ...
THIS IS BRILLIANT!!! I may have to try it here.
@@benbeames Should give you the even heat you mentioned. Do let me know how it turns out !