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Old 07-13-2016, 06:30 PM   #69 (permalink)
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update

Baby's chassis is tack-welded,I installed the wheels, and after I aligned the front wheels,I welded the spindles to hold them stationary.
So she 'rolls' now.
She's resting on top of a 32"-wide steel door,atop saw-horses,shimmed and leveled in the small side room,off the garage.
There's light,and a fan in there.
I made a 22" X 34" scale drawing and I use a metric caliper to measure off the drawing,do the scale conversion to 1/3rd-scale,then the conversion to US Standard.It's a trouble-prone situation so I've really got to pay attention.
Next comes weld-on attachment points for upper and lower body sections.
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With the T-100:
I de-riveted all the aluminum skins from the gyro-copter control surfaces to recycle both the aluminum sheet and chrome moly tubing.
I also ran the fuselage through the chop-saw,removing extraneous tubing.
The 5-foot-long remaining space-frame section weighs 21-pounds.
I'll bifurcate it and weld in new center members to create a wider framework for the new swing-away boat tail.
Then add back triangulation.
BB King, The Outlaws,and a 20" box-fan have been sharing the shop with me.If nothing else,the noise drowns out the mosquitoes.
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Got to do a meetup with BamZipPow Saturday.'always fun to catch up 'n see his 1-wheeler in action.Wow! is all I can say.
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