... REPLY: There is an aeronautical engineer's variation on this too: "If it looks right, it flies right". Perhaps every branch of engineering has an ...
... the UJM's are making of the "evolution" of FF's! stunning proof of the superiority of engineering led innovation over marketing led innovation. ... ...
... It is not true that it doesn't matter. In many cases it would be true, but in the case of the Clever, falling over at any attempt at a fast tilt rate will...
Well Arthur We will have to agree to disagree, and watch for the result, coming to a BMW showroom near you........ As for fixed tilt to steer ratios, no I...
Alex/Dominic Lowe said ... I'm not being prickly here, Alex or D. but it's not about self-delusion - it refers to styling being irrelevant if the engineering...
... It only works if the engineer already knows what something that flies right looks like! Peter __________________________________________________ Do You...
... Disagree about what? Do you say that crashing when taking a sharp turn is not a problem? Slowing the steering so much sharp turns are not possible except...
... snip We sometimes forget that the tilt aspect of the Clever is not only one (even if it the the one we are most interested in). As it is at least partly a...
Hi. Here's a pix of my TMax. Canopy by Doken originally for the Majesty YP250. Modded the mounts to fit on the Tmax. Modded the seat for a lower seat hieght...
... I realise this. I think what Ian Pegram implied was that Clever was virtually ready for market, and it is far from that. I agree that the hardest bit is...
Sorry I wasn't implying that the Clever was ready for market, obviously far from it, what is really clever is that they already have their production ...
This is from another list I'm on, but I think it's relevant here since certain persons seem to be oblivious to the irritation caused by repeating large chunks...
Paul Blezard
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May 2, 2006 4:11 pm
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... hmmm... F117a? B2? Tu144? Mig25? Rutan Voyager, Long EZ, Quickie, and all his other work with names I've forgotten. None of which looked right until they...
Arthur Middleton <artmidd@...> Tue, 2 May 2006 14:39:44 ... Didn't the old GM Lean machine use footpedals to tilt? That'll do! Nice low tech solution. ...
... Bugger the stylists? Excellent idea! I'll go and get an Elephant... Royce...
Royce Creasey
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May 3, 2006 7:39 am
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... We are equally as guilty as them - in that we (not yet ... Eh? I'm not aware of any FF's that couldn't be mass produced, using common techniques and...
Royce Creasey
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May 3, 2006 7:42 am
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I'm not on many lists, but they're all happily different and at least one of them would respond to the mail below by expressly not doing any of the things...
Royce Creasey
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May 3, 2006 7:47 am
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... I imagine this is close to a description of how Hodna feel about you.......:-) Andrew...
Hi All FF's can be produced by mass production methods, just like any other product, but not by us. What's so clever about the Clever is the fact that they ...
... REPLY: I honestly wasn't trying to be annoying! I think that we all fundamentally agree about this: form should follow function (and engineering is 'good'...
ianpegram@... Wed, 3 May 2006 06:30:04 ... Nice! Rule 42: Have boundless optimism, energy, an ability to blag, to network and to talk the rear wheel off a...
... I'd be delighted to think that honad thought of me in any way. It would mean that they'd have some idea of the depth of my contempt. Royce...
Royce Creasey
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May 3, 2006 11:38 am
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... Sounds a bit unlikely to me. How about ;- 1. Get born to rich parents. Enjoy life. or 1b. Get born to poor parents but take up drug dealing. Get rich,...
Royce Creasey
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May 3, 2006 11:42 am
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Pilot of this'un would definitely have to have a serious need for speed, just to get IN it...! EB ...
That is one FF project I wouldn't want to be leant the keys to. BBC2's Top Gear program April 1988, The FEET FORWARD special NOW AVAILABLE on CD-ROM, contact...
... not only one snip.. ... Perhaps I am the only one shying away from pressed or cast components in favour of hand fabricated ones that I can actually make...
