... There is in fact an opening roof light, plus a screw-on wind deflector that diverts air down into the cabin, but it's a bit noisy. There is also a second...
... wrote:> ... or roof? ... deflector that diverts air down into the cabin, but it's a bit noisy. ... gap all the way round, but that too is noisy. Any...
... You need to talk to companies who supply materials to opticians. Polycarbonate lenses are very common now because the material has a high refractive index....
... in ... Mine was in a head on. Some of the plastic at the back is OK - contact me off list to discuss. If you can't repair as is - it might make a good...
... work ok. ... Italjet ... angle by ... that's ... steering head ... suspension ... angle (rake) ... Makes perfect sence - the design I am currently toying...
snip ... I don't think anybody suggested this. ... This contradicts what you said earlier, about adding a body "obviously" making a vehicle safer. ... Whether...
... If you read Bernie's original message and Dave's reply you will see that Bernie claimed that a full enclosure obviously made a vehicle safer and Dave...
snip ... The lower mass of the glider helps prevent destruction of the cabin, and the lower impact speed reduces the energy (and deceleration) involved...
... snip ... We had some discussion about this previously, and it does seem that the Dragster is indeed as Paul described with a fixed angle of rake relative...
The Italjet front end is very similar to the Citroen 2CV leading arm front suspension with a fixed kingpin. The Rake/Trail alters with suspension movement....
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Feb 1, 2006 8:25 pm
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... Yup, and make the shell components detachable, of good quality GRP and you can, a. remove them to access all sorts of machinery stuff (ugh! horrid.) and,...
Royce Creasey
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Feb 1, 2006 8:54 pm
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... . Anyone out ... Those 'iridium' screens for sports bikes may be the kind of coating you seek. Only people Iknow are a French firm called Thales who had a...
... Thales have just announced they are closing their factory in Taunton with a loss of 140 jobs - used to be Avemo who made bomb sights during WWII..... All...
... Winter isn't a big problem. Summer is the problem, when the air is saturated and past the dew point, and you're running the wipers, the defroster set to...
... The coastal regions have fairly moderate climate, but temperature swings further inland seem to be more than some people realize. Here in Arkansas, it's...
... I don't have to "prove" anything, Bernie. The point I was making is that there are few safety devices that have no downsides. Car drivers wearing helmets...
... have to prove that the driver would have survived the impact had he not been wearing the > belt. Then you would have to convince every race driver in the...
... I agree ... No they don't. They just lean so much that you think your going incredibly fast round corners. Their roadholding is actually piss-poor. Ed Form...
... <artmidd@...> wrote: (snip)> >The next stage would be to have active safety features that make loss >of control and low speed accidents less likely. This...
... Thanks to Ed, Arthur etc. for the clarification. :-) Does anyone have the geometry handy? It would be interesting to work out what the variation of rake...
... Which would mean that if you lowered the CoG significantly it's likely to rise under braking. Colin: Does your stretched Italjet Dragster have a lowered...
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... Bernie's got this sussed you see Arthur. Design is "not especially difficult" if you get someone else to do it. Obviously where we all went wrong. Royce...
