A day of questions. A day of problems. And no one has any answers! If you take the curve of the circumference of a cylinder... of, oh say a jet engine... and you then tilt it at 45 degree angle... what's that new curve? Anyone? Anybody? That's how I spent the day. These are the problems when building a fuel tank with no resources. These are some of the crazy problems when building a jet luge. A massive thanks to my mate, Phil Champion (a real champ) for bringing tools and an extra brain along for problem solving. We drank beer, cheers! I paid three trips to a certain big (with a capital B) hardware store and then an office supply store to come up with the necessary materials to build a mock fuel tank. (No one at these stores knew how to answer that particular geometry question, either. i think i just asked out of some sick joke as i needed the laugh hehe).
The plan was to make a cylinder with cardboard paper and then cut that at the desired angle... After fiddling with it for more time than I'd like to admit I said "Stuff it!" and eye-balled the thing. Take a look at the fuel tank mock up and lemme know what you think.
Harold Jackson
7/20/2012 04:21:20 pm
Looks nice. I could do with one of them engines. Iv been thinking of getting someone to tow me on my luge (the one u made for me) behind my motor cycle, Ill use my hanggliding tow bridle as a release mechanizim. Curious to see just how fast I could get towed.
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Harold Jackson
7/20/2012 04:33:23 pm
U could try making the model tank out of clay, its cheap and bulky and u can get a very smooth finish, u can do a mould from it in fiberglass or rubber then take it to a sheet metal worker and get them to make a stainless steel casting.
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