Bloodhound LSR Thread As Requested...
Discussion
CraigyMc said:
KarlMac said:
Massive opportunity missed to lay it out / photoshop as an air fix kit 
Hrmm.I wonder if Hornby (airfix's owner) would be interested in sponsoring the project in return for this sort of thing...
I suppose it might depend on the makers of the current models being agreeable, if they have the rights.
erickpassos said:
Hi All, but specially to IN51GHT
Fascinating stuff here. Took two days to read through all 64 pages of it. After that, I though of a pet-project of my own, based on my personal interests and expertise, only to discover you guys have done it already: a computer simulation/game of the 1k mph run.
Noticed that you've got great support (from Dr. Kenji Takeda), but unfortunately the simulator (because of the hi-fidelity hardware controls/displays) is a one-of-a-kind (I was envisioning a downloadable one).
Anyway, great project, and thanks for all this openness.
PS.: if my idea is still acceptable (a 'fan-made' simulator), I'd love to discuss it. BTW, I'm a computer science professor, with special interest and experience in physics for racing games (and a petrolhead as well).
PS2.: not being British, I have to ask: having lived in London counts?
Greetings from Brazil,
Erick
PS3.: can ŷou make it work on the PS4Fascinating stuff here. Took two days to read through all 64 pages of it. After that, I though of a pet-project of my own, based on my personal interests and expertise, only to discover you guys have done it already: a computer simulation/game of the 1k mph run.
Noticed that you've got great support (from Dr. Kenji Takeda), but unfortunately the simulator (because of the hi-fidelity hardware controls/displays) is a one-of-a-kind (I was envisioning a downloadable one).
Anyway, great project, and thanks for all this openness.
PS.: if my idea is still acceptable (a 'fan-made' simulator), I'd love to discuss it. BTW, I'm a computer science professor, with special interest and experience in physics for racing games (and a petrolhead as well).
PS2.: not being British, I have to ask: having lived in London counts?
Greetings from Brazil,
Erick
IN51GHT said:
Upper chassis was today trial fitted to the lower chassis for the first time since it was cured in the oven, as you can see, it fits. The structure has moved a little, but nothing the guys building the car can't sort.
Andy Green also mentioned in his BBC News blog that there was a little bit of 'pillowing' in the chassis caused by the curing process.Would this have an appreciable effect on the car/aerodynamics at top speed and will the computer models need to be adjusted to reflect the precise body shape?
IN51GHT said:
Upper chassis was today trial fitted to the lower chassis for the first time since it was cured in the oven, as you can see, it fits. The structure has moved a little, but nothing the guys building the car can't sort.
I like that engineers table. It looks as though it could weigh a fair bit.
My 2m x 1m welding table with a 30mm thick steel top weighs 0.5 tonnes so that thing must be 20+ tonnes!
It is slightly worrying to see so many of the engineers praying in those photos
Keep the pictures coming please.
Paul
Megaflow said:
Why wood for the air brake doors?
I assume it's to enable the team to trial fit and "align" (with a big hammer??) the hinges for said doors, before the "real" doors are available, which are probably milled by hand trained royal blood hamsters out of the worlds finest unobtainium and then bathed in the milk of 1000 Oxen for 100 days before being polished to a shine by 24 vessel virgins. or something like that.... ;-)(hinges must be a bit of a 'mare, being multiple hinges on a curved surface, and having to be pretty chunky to prevent the "doors being blown off" /MichaelCain when they operate)
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