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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2011, 06:31:54 PM »
Sparky,
How about a picture of your tank so we can see what your starting point is.

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2011, 08:03:11 PM »
nose
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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2011, 08:12:59 PM »
Wicked!

I love this 'old school' type lakester. Have you guys done any drawings or sketches the look your going for?
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

http://www.flatcadracing.org/
http://youtu.be/89rVb497_4c

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2011, 08:16:04 PM »
ok
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2011, 08:17:42 PM »
Whew,  the OLD dog struggled with my wifes camera and software---only had to try fifty 1000 times---the sad thing is ---*I am SURE we will not rember what all we did  lol

RAT-a-Tack will PROBABALY end up looking almost exactly like the Ack's Liner with 4 wheels without the different slope angle for the canopy view ports.  The front axle will be attached on the front of this tank with the cut off blunt nose over it. 21 or 22x15 fronts and 24.5x16 rears
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Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2011, 09:11:50 PM »
Old sckool build like that dictates that you need a flathead! :evil:
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

http://www.flatcadracing.org/
http://youtu.be/89rVb497_4c

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2011, 09:52:06 PM »
sparky
you know i did the body and have the molds for the Ack liner.... i can make you a body
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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2011, 01:18:14 AM »
Thanks Kent I will keep that in mind for the back of the body. What was the diameter?
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2011, 09:15:06 AM »
Bill, your instructional video is on the way to AZ, I think it will show you how to make the blunt nose.  All you need is a planishing hammer and an english wheel....  :-o 
This is going to be a cool lakester folks.
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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2011, 09:37:47 AM »
SS #1 It all ready has a blunt nose---back to the shop with the camera!

The nose we cut off is only about 7-8" longer than what you see. 

Thanks SS #1I look forward to seeing how you guys incorporated the internal bulkhead hoops.  I will wait to see before we cut anything or crawl in and drill the bulkheads off the hoops.

The 2 biggest trade offs (ie UNRESOLVED ) as I see them:

1. The HP we give up while trying to keep the exhaust inside the body.

2. The bottom of the car at the rear wheel area--- Aero vs Downforce
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Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2011, 12:13:48 PM »
This looks like the beginnings of a Prussian "tack" helmet to me :-D  I see some UNUSUAL nose art  (like maybe a Salt Rat with a Tack helment just itching to be splattered up here!!!! lol

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Wow:  I didn't forget  from picking up the camera, downloading, renaming, resizing, attaching to this post, to checking, and editing this note--less than 5 min---

PSS SS #1 remember this was an internal bomb bay ferrytank, hence the unusual shape
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Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2011, 05:02:13 PM »
Hey Bill, there is probably a menu selection on the camera that will take a picture small enough to post... of course that might mess up what you have learned  :-D
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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #27 on: March 16, 2011, 05:39:23 PM »
This looks like the beginnings of a Prussian "tack" helmet to me :-D  I see some UNUSUAL nose art  (like maybe a Salt Rat with a Tack helment just itching to be splattered up here!!!! lol

PS
Wow:  I didn't forget  from picking up the camera, downloading, renaming, resizing, attaching to this post, to checking, and editing this note--less than 5 min---

PSS SS #1 remember this was an internal bomb bay ferrytank, hence the unusual shape

You  built a Wok!

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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #28 on: March 16, 2011, 05:52:00 PM »
Yes. We are funding this tank by writing and selling a Oriental Hot Dog cookbook It will be called "How to WOK Your Dog"
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Re: Rat-a-Tack AA/GL
« Reply #29 on: March 16, 2011, 08:13:33 PM »
Yes. We are funding this tank by writing and selling a Oriental Hot Dog cookbook It will be called "How to WOK Your Dog"
                             John

Awesome :-D