wayne L Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 on the second desing i would suggest a fixing to both sides of the springs to stop twisting of the unit Quote
wayne L Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 on another note does anybody have a set of flexi lines quad they want to sell me for my b3 6.6 hydro lines are in my opinion way to heavy and a pain in the arse if they twist when packing up. cheers Quote
peeter_ Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 hi, Cheers for the comments, i did do reasearch into the suspension and as far as i could see it would be better to have individual, but then also thinking of the work load and complexity, fell back to a solid rear axle, as for the second design it is jsut a quick demonstational paint bodge up, and meant mearly to show the idea, as was the other, the project is mainly just to practise work, but also the underlining idea is that we solve the problem best we can, so individual would be best i will keep you informed, and keep firing designs your way if thats alrite, as this is a handy way of getting peoples opinions who may look at buying a buggy of the like, cheersf or the help again Peter Quote
Sparkie Posted January 26, 2007 Author Report Posted January 26, 2007 Ya gonna make ya self loads of hard work and extra weight there.... Ya wonna be thinking along the lines of no suspension but a bit of flex at the back with a material the will return to its proper shape and sprung seating, mounted with shock cord.. Just an idea I've had for the last 3 years since getting airborne.. Quote
jared81 Posted January 27, 2007 Report Posted January 27, 2007 right who's going up coldhams tomorra?? looks like a banging session could be had by all. Get there just after midday and all them muppets who kick balls between sticks should have made a bit of room for us Quote
wayne L Posted January 28, 2007 Report Posted January 28, 2007 was out today in haverhill finally plucked up the balls to fly the 6.6 hooked up awsome wind weas blowing well a little too well at times lol. Quote
Minty Posted February 3, 2007 Report Posted February 3, 2007 Had to put something on here we were down to page 3. Wind for sunday(well lack of it) says O mph on BBC site. Guess no flying tomorrow then. Hope every is well. Quote
Sparkie Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Posted February 3, 2007 I'm doing alright Minty... Had a good day at Royston on Friday... Went for a drive out with Phil and had a blast on the hill there.... Quote
No Fly Zone Posted February 3, 2007 Report Posted February 3, 2007 All I can say is the 6.6 is bloody good for climbing hills, maybe even better than the 8.5 just cos it kite loops so fast. I still love the float of the Frenzy though. 8.5 was looking seriously floaty with Sparkie and ADZ dangling below. Just when you thought oh **** they are gonna fall like a truck from 7-8ft she comes overhead and then it looks like a skydiver has just deployed the parachute. Shoulda got some on vid. The song that's just come on wmp seems appropriate for the soundtrack: Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - "Bloodsport for All". Quote
wayne L Posted February 5, 2007 Report Posted February 5, 2007 looks like we may get some snow kiting in over the weekend bbc weather says heavy snow for haverhill area saturday hope so might pinch the wifes ironing board lol. hows everyone Quote
Skydude Posted February 6, 2007 Report Posted February 6, 2007 Tim, what you need is a nice little trip to France in April to get you back in the swing of things... Quote
wayne L Posted February 11, 2007 Report Posted February 11, 2007 had a muddy day today localy but still good fun had a go in minty's buggy and tested the ejector seat works real good. anybody else get out now hopefully the weather will just get better. Quote
peeter_ Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 hi all, just a quick update, i have decided to go with the independant suspension.again used cad for drawings, i have taken wiggi's advice, and send a couple of pm's around, any one else want the pictures please ask as the more comments i get the better it will be! cheers for all the help Peter Quote
christian wiggi Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 peter, not a bad design at all that, if i were you id take it off the open forum though and send in pm's to some of the buggiers, recon you could get the design quite light if you used alum. tubing. Quote
Big Gaz Posted February 17, 2007 Report Posted February 17, 2007 Design looks pretty good... Is it for a Flexi Bug ? Only thing i can say is that you want to move the tubing for the side rail mounts more towards the top of the down tube, as the current config will not give the wheel any up / down movement only front to rear. I was thinking of putting some suspension on my bug but using air suspension in stead of spring Quote
peeter_ Posted February 17, 2007 Report Posted February 17, 2007 hi, no it is for a peter lyn buggy but yes the same idea applies with the angle on the fixing tubes. i have taken this into account it was just alot easier in cad to draw them at a 90 degree angle. cheers for the comments and keep them coming Peter Quote
Minty Posted February 19, 2007 Report Posted February 19, 2007 Happy birthday darryl your catching up with me i see Enjoy your new toy when it arrives Quote
christian wiggi Posted February 19, 2007 Report Posted February 19, 2007 happy birthday darryl, may the year be sunny and windy! Quote
Sparkie Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Posted February 19, 2007 Happy Birthday Darryl. We all need to catch up soon. Quote
darryl Posted February 19, 2007 Report Posted February 19, 2007 hi, thanks all and i hope that it is windy aswell!!!! getting together soon sounds good, so you all can see me making a fool out of myself on my new 15m Phantom.(now waiting for it to be deleivered) Quote
wayne L Posted February 19, 2007 Report Posted February 19, 2007 happy birthday fella and have fun on the phantom:eek: Quote
Sparkie Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Posted February 19, 2007 hi, thanks all and i hope that it is windy aswell!!!! getting together soon sounds good, so you all can see me making a fool out of myself on my new 15m Phantom.(now waiting for it to be deleivered) Dont use a knife to open the package....Silly thing to do........ Quote
Sparkie Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Posted February 19, 2007 Darryl, Cant believe ya only 15.......Man your gonna impress people With ya stuff when you can drive to the beach yourself... Quote
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