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    Increasing Power

    Thats the problem that I've acquired with internet engineers. They tend to rely and say math don't lie it's only a couple percent or your doing it wrong.. Well nether does that mountain in front of you.. who's word are you going to take. I'll take a 100 mph Texas Instruments calculator to...
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    it would be if I was to do something like that. I'm to cheap to pay anybody else to do it lol
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    I never said it would be easy to do what have been talking about but what I've gathered so far is that it would be more trouble than it's worth. I suppose a homebuilder could build it in many smaller pieces like they did on the LP1 aircraft. I think they split it up into 30 or 40 pieces then...
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    Increasing Power

    No but aluminum is used for the housing of the alternator it's self. It doesn't mater if the aluminum is moving. It's a matter of weather what is creating the magnetic field is moving relative to the aluminum. I'd bet the kid on the bicycle-powered alternator could tell a difference between...
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    Increasing Power

    Also don't forget about the braking effect of aluminum combined with a magnetic field. Many bait cast fishing reals use an aluminum and magnet brake. It has almost no effect at low rpm but at higher rpm creates drag without physical contact between the magnet and aluminum. I found a video...
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    Yea maybe for you but not all of us have been to engineering school I wasn't exactly here for your benefit Talking about people in the third person is quit rude and condescending. The OP does occasionally keep track of his own thread
  7. M

    Roadable Aircraft DESIGN

    I don't know why but I get the feeling your a Dr Who fan :)
  8. M

    Increasing Power

    I guess I'm not so wrong after all about this stuff yay... Its not just the electrical drain from the alternator but when your engines spinning at say 4000rpm your spinning the alternator something like 10-15,000 rpm. 3 or 4 horsepower here and there add up on any engine, more so on a smaller one
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    Increasing Power

    I'll take a stab at this one without taking in consideration for what ever engine your running. Because an engine is, nothing more than a fancy air pump and the smoother you get air in or out the more power you get so port and polish the heads and match the intake and exhaust manifolds to the...
  10. M

    Watch out for the new Biplane jet glider... I hear its fast

    Hummm well gliders are really not my thing. I just knew Topaz would have commented on that picture by now lol I'm more of a fan of WWII Spit, P-51 and P-38 and WWI biplanes.
  11. M

    Watch out for the new Biplane jet glider... I hear its fast

    stupid people doing s.....? I don't have a clue what you talking about man lol
  12. M

    Watch out for the new Biplane jet glider... I hear its fast

    :ermm:spds?
  13. M

    LS1 Engine for aircraft?

    I won't get into the car engine debate.. I will say this. I have a 03 GMC with the 4.8L V-8 that I bought new and it has 158K miles and over 3800 hours on it now and never been touched. I set my cruse at 78-79 witch is about 2600rpm everywhere I go because all I run is interstate 70-80% of the...
  14. M

    Watch out for the new Biplane jet glider... I hear its fast

  15. M

    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    I don't see how metal could be cheaper when you've got to pay someone else to do it. Maybe if you were going to go into production for something it would defiantly be cheaper but for a one off home project I think composite is the way to go
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    Topaz is Orion's design on here anywhere? It's funny that I have so many ideas and never have the time or money to play with any of them. Maybe someday I'll be rich and be able to play lol I build and see things in my head all the time like a 3D cad program but I cant draw or know how to...
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    Here's a 2D side view sketch I did with paint. If you try to bend it at one spot the stress is distributed to the other areas rather than just push on one side and pull on the other. But like Topaz mentioned it's 3D so the stress is distributed in at least 3 directions
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    Yea just like any time you would lay cloth over something small it forms a mound. If you mash out a square around the edge of the mound it forms a pyramid shape. Think if you had a flat sheet of cloth then glue a bunch of pyramids on it. Then glue a 3rd sheet of cloth over the top of the pyramids.
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    I had the same idea with the foam core..... Then I thought about alllll those little triangles I would need to cut out lol ... But then again, if you could make a mold to inject mold rather than cutting out every single triangle. That might be the way to go.. but a lot of wasted time and money...
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    CF or glass, Has anybody tried this experiment?

    I would think it would be more ridged because of the triangles being that it is one of the strongest shapes because in order for a triangle to fail, one side has to fail. You look at all sorts of things like bridges (metal ones anyway) or radio towers, They all use triangles... I don't know...
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