View Single Post
Old 08-17-2014, 01:28 PM   #320 (permalink)
freebeard
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 28,557
Thanks: 8,092
Thanked 8,882 Times in 7,329 Posts
No pain, no gain.

Ideas? Skegs that pivot just behind the rear wheel and have a skateboard wheel at the tip that normally float 3 1/2" off the ground but lift to a reasonable departure angle on impact?

My only boattail so far:



For the final v1.0, I will use Polymetal or equivalent. Rolled simple curves with flanged curved edges, riveted internally. The result will be sort of pseudo-compound curves and a rigid monocoque that should need minimal internal bracing, likely a trunk floor.
  Reply With Quote