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#301 Dave Crevie

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Posted 01 August 2013 - 05:02 PM

Get other tracks involved. The no testing at C/R rule goes away. Send mine wherever.





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Posted 01 August 2013 - 05:20 PM

Indeed Bob I am...and I am here to stay  :victory:

 

Steve lol you are right.

At the moment I have 2 cars in 2 different proxies touring the world.

The lucky 13 Thingie proxy and the 1/32 hard body World Rally Proxy although I am going to stop doing hard body proxies and concentrate more on build proxies.
And then there is the 3d that is getting completed very soon, the Balsa wood Triumph TR3 for the GoodWood Proxy, my first attempt at a Balsa wood car.

 


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Posted 01 August 2013 - 05:26 PM

... With the controlled bunch of parts on the cars, they should all be competitive.

 

 

 Maybe :spiteful:


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Posted 17 August 2013 - 07:04 AM

 

 Maybe :spiteful:

Bob, are you planin' on doing a Smokey..... or something sinister??

What's happening with your Kurtis?

 

Hey Jaak, how are you going with the Kurtis build?

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Posted 17 August 2013 - 07:53 AM

 Thursday, October 17th, 7 PM.

2 month "warning" to the race.

 

 Hey Jaak, how are you going with the Kurtis build?

:huh:

I sent Jaak out the interior/driver and body pcs. earlier this week.


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Posted 17 August 2013 - 01:04 PM

Bob, are you planin' on doing a Smokey..... or something sinister??

What's happening with your Kurtis?

 

Hey Jaak, how are you going with the Kurtis build?

:huh:

 

Not too sinister... lol

I sent the body out with pictures of the Smokey for paint. The Gold came back as GREEN with a touch of Gold.

Not even CLOSE to the pictures and description.

Pablo sent me a Great and beautiful set of matching Gold/Red/Black numbers and the Green killed that idea.

 

So .. I got totally frustrated and compressed the Smokey U. and the Tony P. programs together into one car.

 

The car will be simple Evil Orange #9, "olé Blue Eyes" in the cockpit with a Gator Built 'Jaws' chassis and final assembly by Ace set-up Crew Chief "MantaRay" Price.   

 

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Posted 22 August 2013 - 03:59 PM

Heya Steve,

 

I have received all the parts and am working on a chassis design now.

 

Finished the Triumph TR3 my first Balsa wood car, so that means it's on :victory:


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Posted 22 August 2013 - 04:37 PM

Go Jaak... Go Jaak.

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Posted 24 August 2013 - 06:19 PM

I will be making the #15 Bardahl Special

 

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Posted 24 August 2013 - 06:22 PM

Super-cool.

 

Can't wait to see it.


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Posted 24 August 2013 - 06:34 PM

Excellent choice Jaak! :good:

 

I love the 'open' pipes :D

 

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Posted 31 August 2013 - 04:41 AM

Would this be a good start:

 

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Hi from germany!

 

 


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Posted 31 August 2013 - 03:53 PM

I sure as hell hope so Jens ... because that is how I started out.

 

Crew Chief Ray Price will advise if the chassis I sent provides the correct ride height. 


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Posted 31 August 2013 - 04:13 PM

I will Check it out tomorrow Bob


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Posted 31 August 2013 - 04:30 PM

Thanks Ray .... :good:

Jens wait for Ray's info before you start soldering and built a Fritz Fend Kabinenroller instead of a Frank Kurits Indy car.  :laugh2:


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Posted 31 August 2013 - 04:32 PM

You have a lot of Clearance...Clarence.....LoL.......I will trim the Tires to the 1" limit........................I get to set the fronts :)

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Posted 31 August 2013 - 04:45 PM

  :D  Roger, Roger. What's our vector,.... :crazy:  :laugh2:


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Posted 07 September 2013 - 12:29 PM

That’s one small step for mankind… one… giant leap for me!

 

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:heat: 

 

 


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Posted 07 September 2013 - 12:55 PM

Jens,

Was the axle tube height set with a 1/8th axle and bushings using the 1" jig blocks?


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Posted 07 September 2013 - 01:16 PM

Yes. Clearance should be a little bit more than .050 as the jig blocks were for retro cars!

 

:bye: 

 

 

 


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Posted 07 September 2013 - 06:31 PM

You don't have to shout .... :shout:  :laugh2:

 

Just asking ... thinking you and I are going to be high and a bit tippy too. :drinks:


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Posted 08 September 2013 - 04:15 AM

:good:  :drinks:


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Posted 08 September 2013 - 10:12 AM

Quote:

Cars would require a 3 7/8" WB and max., 1/4" guide lead, a mandatory .050" F & R clearance, with all other chassis design , wide open.

 

 

Converting this to millimeters gives me:

 

 

Cars would require a 98.425mm WB* and max., 6.35mm guide lead, a mandatory 1.27mm F & R clearance, with all other chassis design , wide open.

 

*WB = Wheelbase from mid center front to mid center rear?

 

 

please correct me if I am wrong  :wacko2: 

 

 

 

 

And please advice me what the maximum track is as I was unable to find that.
(and most surely just overlooked it)
 


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Posted 08 September 2013 - 11:04 AM

Here you go, Jaaaaak:

 

F & R maximum overall width- 3.125"  

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Posted 08 September 2013 - 11:53 AM

LOL thanks Paul,  :good: 

I was re-reading the thread and found it and was just about to reply here.
According to my calculations (Google Inch - MM converter) it should be 76.2 Milimeters


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