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[914 Ranch]

Working on the rear wing when I can find some time. Mock up for the foam framing. this one is to big.



When I get this right I'll make templets for the frames.

[914 Ranch]

So I like planes and the first time I saw a Long EZ I was taken. I have only seen a few of them altogether in my life. After I started to put the wing on Carerror I was rambling through the net and came across a web site where they made foam board airplanes. Flite Test.com. Not only do the sell foam board planes they make kits they also encourage you to copy the kit form their cut outs and put it on Dollar Tree foam board for your family and friends and repairs. They want to get everyone involved in Flite.
I built my first Long EZ and it came to me that I could use the foam board to get the shape of plug for the plenum on The Cold Air Intake.
Sorry about the shameless plug for FT but I found their board as helpful as this one is.
But this post is about that I did 2 more frame mock-ups and got it correct. Which is the in the picture, 20" from the tail back around to the seam because the foam board is 20" wide.



They bought a 120 acer golf course in Ohio to use for flight toys (it has a dirt runway for full size airplanes) by selling foam board airplanes.

[euro911]

I see an EZ fly out of Torrance airport every now & then. A few years ago there were two of them flying around the neighborhood together. The have a distinctive sound, so I always look up when I hear one.

So you'll use the foam-board for the mock-up, then glass over it?

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[infraredcalvin]

For your cold air intake, there was a guy on here selling an interesting project a while back that tried to use the sails as an area for a scoop, although this math on how many cubic inches of air this provided was severely flawed, it looked like it could be a clean install... I stole these pics from his ad:

[carr914]

this car had some side scoops done nicely

[914 Ranch]

Hey Mark, I grew up at 3311 Newton, 90505, only a block from the Torrance airport. I'm going to use 2 layers of 6 oz and 2 layers of once and half for the finish on the foil.

Thanks Pat, DD had posted some pics of that car and I had 2 thoughts about his approach to it. He cut 3 holes in his roll bar on each side of the car. the other thought was that it was anemic. I'm probably going overboard.

T.C. thats better but I would like to see more pictures of that car. Is it local?

The scoop on the inside of the targa bar is 13.5 squar inches (there is on rear window) and the outside of the targa bar is 22.75 square inches for a total of 36.25 square inches on each side. Which is going to feed the plenum by cutting out the space next to the inside of the targa bar and removing the grill and a little trim work. The plenum is going to come up an inch taller than the top of a rain hat and have no air filters. I'm not caring about the looks as always with me form fallows function…









And still be able to open the engine cover. With that and the rear wing I'll never be able to work in the engine bay quickly.

[914 Ranch]

Working on the pattern for the foam frames today cause I can do that inside. This is the pattern I will use for the foam frames that make up the shape of the wing. I'll make the templets from this pattern and cut the from frames from them. I should be able to cut 3 or 4 at a time.

[914 Ranch]

Done with the pattern and now layed out the templet.



The templet gets 2 holes for the .75" square aluminum spars and 2 more cause I'm bullshitting myself thinking that the cutouts will weigh more than the glue I spill during assembly. But they will look bitchen although no one will ever see them.

[914 Ranch]

I have been stuck doing maintenance on the DD and no (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) for Carerror. With all of that, now I have to prep for Dorian. 4 hurricanes have passed by here sense I bought here and haven't gotten more than 41 mph of wind. But this one may bring it so I have to do a little more prep. I'm about 35 miles inland from Daytona and one of the paths they tell us it may take lands in Daytona and that could bring us some real wind. An F5 Tornado passed through my back yard in '07 and wiped out all of the houses here except this one. Took the garage (10' from the house), pump house and a shed here. Very little damage to the house but all the rest of the neighborhood is just over 10 years old. I really don't want to see 100 mph's of wind on the ground. I am a Sailor and have sailed in 50 on purpose on a catamaran. I love the wind and I have a skateboard with 30 squar feet of sail ( it's been out in 35 with gusts to 50). Just not at my house.
Maybe I'll be able to return to my fun next week.

[stownsen914]

Good luck with the storm. Looking forward to more updates on Carerror!

[914 Ranch]

Thanks Scott, Dorian was a bore here. Less than 4" of water and only 15 miles of wind.
Cutting parts for the wing and trying to work out some details on the intake. Pictures tonight.

[sixnotfour]

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[rhodyguy]

Needs more wing. WAY more.

[914 Ranch]

If they work it would be really sticky...

[914 Ranch]

It has ben really hard to fine time for Carerror lately. I have ben cutting some more parts for the rear wing and the targa bar fairing. I have to go out to Ca. soon to make the house ready to be put up for sale. Finally, soon that will all be over and I can get on with my RETIERMENT (playing with cars). I have all of the formers for the wings including the ones for the vertical windmill. It will have the some wing section as the rear wing of the car but Carerrors will be a little longer.


Cutting parts at my work station.


Targa bar fairing parts, only about 1/4th of them.


Wing former parts. I still need to cut in them for the holes for the spars to go through.


In my hopes and dreams the targa bar fairing will create a high pressure area above the engine grill.

[914 Ranch]

Going forward, the layout of a foil, not for Carerror.





These foils are for a vertical wind mill. Just pratice for Carerror. They are the same foil as Carerrors just not quite as long. Hers will be 53" long and these are the some width as the foam board. I need about 8 of these.

[euro911]

What does the rest of the wind turbine look like? Is there framework that keeps the vertical axle from wobbling?

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[914 Ranch]

Er uh, sure Mark, thats it. But as usual I'm winging it so I'll have to make the turbin first and then figure out how to mount it and the electrics. I get to practice for the wing on Carerror and by the time I get hers done the rest will be a breaze. Today I glued the formers to the spars and curved the foam board trying to check out the gluing of foam. Might rap a wing today if I like the way it's coming out.

[914 Ranch]

So I rapped the wing and it looks OK but there's room for improvement. It is useable for the windmill and I learned a lot.

[914 Ranch]

I am really sorry about the time it takes me to get back to my second favorite pastime. Today I was out in the garage playing with Carerror and did some stuff for the rear wing. I made some templets from foam board for the mounting of the rear wing. Did it twice of course. I put the first one about 2" above the top of the targa bar. The second one I raised another inch. Foam board is really bitchen. It showes you quickly how stupid you are and only takes a few seconds to make a new piece.
The center of effort of the foil is directly over the rear axles. It sits in nice clean air and is not so tall it looks obnoxious.
Excues me.

CARERROR IS BADDASSS….




You can see the shape of the targa bar fairing here.


I have the foil set at 10 degrees here.