[Blue Bomber Man]

It has been a few days since I've posted anything so here's some updates:

I've been learning a lot about how to build things in SolidWorks and I've decided to rebuild the chassis from scratch for increased accuracy and customization. There is a lot in the program about setting relationships instead of dimensions. This allows you to change one part and Solidworks will automatically adjust other dimensions as needed to match the relationship requirements.

I have been exchanging emails with one of the guys that headed up the team that developed the Trev from Australia. He has given me some insight on problems that came up with the final design of the Trev. The main concern he brought to me is thermal expansion of the canopy. The acrylic they had blow molded expands significantly with varying temperatures and means that that the carbon fiber lining which reinforces the canopy forces it deform, making a seal impossible.

That unfortunately is a pretty big setback and I am looking for ideas to get around it. I'm hoping someone has some experience with custom windshields that have some ideas. I'm currently thinking of something like a 4 piece canopy, 3 of safety glass, one (the top) of lexan.

Hopefully tomorrow I will have some new screen shots up, but unfortunately they will probably not show much of anything knew. I am going to look into making the renders look better though for presentation purposes.