07-02-2010, 02:51 AM
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I was watching Futurama - Into the Wild Green Yonder yesterday...
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
What matters is where you're going, not how fast.
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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07-02-2010, 10:36 AM
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...beats walking...
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...ah, but will it attract a lightning bolt during a thunder storm?
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07-02-2010, 10:44 AM
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Old Tele man -
Maybe that's why Fry looks worried.
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07-10-2010, 03:49 PM
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photos finally!
Al Just helped me get the photos up,there at original post.
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07-10-2010, 03:57 PM
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...beats walking...
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...now THAT's one 'chic' highway worker/model (ha,ha)!
...love the negative-dihedral trailing wingtips (obviously for turbulence control)!
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07-10-2010, 04:57 PM
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dihedral
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...now THAT's one 'chic' highway worker/model (ha,ha)!
...love the negative-dihedral trailing wingtips (obviously for turbulence control)!
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The model says," with no shoulder on the road,and traffic whizzing by at 60 mph,I need all this 'glow-in-the-dark' clothing to help save my bacon-ettes!"
At some point I'll score the sides of the brim,break them over,down at a 90-degree and re-tape.It will give the sun protection for ears and neck,but with less width.
I really want to mount the whole affair 'above' me on some sort of curved spar.I'd have shade,maximum airflow over the skin,and a wind gust wouldn't put any load on my neck,something I had to be mindful of. |
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07-10-2010, 05:27 PM
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...beats walking...
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...sounds like an "isolated" suspension mounting between the head/headband and the hat-assembly itself.
...uh, bacon-ettes?
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07-16-2010, 04:42 PM
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...sounds like an "isolated" suspension mounting between the head/headband and the hat-assembly itself.
...uh, bacon-ettes?
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If I can move the shade device above me and limit contact to my head to only the helmet,I think I'll find the most comfort.
In Vietnam,the chopper pilots had a chilled-water helmet liner which cooled the blood.I tried to locate one to no avail.I think NASCAR has something similar for the drivers.
I've seen the chilled water vests now in racing catalogs.
As to 'baconettes',the manikin says she's not prepared to discuss that one any further.I didn't know fiberglass could blush! |
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07-18-2010, 01:26 AM
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Just found this thread, excellent idea. If everyone believed that function should drive design, the world would be a better place. I'm sure you'll find a way to improve on it as well. Maybe a reflective boat tail canopy that improves the aero on the bike as well? 
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07-19-2010, 07:56 PM
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Just found this thread, excellent idea. If everyone believed that function should drive design, the world would be a better place. I'm sure you'll find a way to improve on it as well. Maybe a reflective boat tail canopy that improves the aero on the bike as well? |
I like the way you think!
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