Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:27 pm
distinct lack of pictures on this thread..........tut tut tut.
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Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
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Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:16 pm
Just had to.....
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:35 pm
vader wrote:So after all the work in the hot as hell mancave of TonyZ's, Sith LordZ took me for the much attisipated spin around the block. Remember he stays out in the boondocks and the blocks are rather large. I did take a video of one launch to just over 100MPH!!!!!!
There is a lrge improvment over the previous build of the motor. In the video (when he has web access again I'm sure he will post it) you will see me lift my finger when we hit 100kph, 0-100kph approx 5.5sec
we did have a some clutch slip in 1st around 3000rpm and then it bit... No wheel spin just grip from those fat takkies. Will have to check and see what the time to 100mph was... And the violance of the gear changes are well violent!!!
But feel like this......
Thanks Vader
Video here
http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 35#p254435
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:10 pm
Ok so Ive been doing some work lately..
What do yáll think?
What do yáll think?
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:02 pm
I think it is beautiful Vader...well done!
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:20 pm
Won't you have a problem registering a left hand drive? 
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:23 pm
I think he will have a bigger problem with all the sticky shiv stuck to the side of his leg when he wakes up....beetlefanatic wrote:Won't you have a problem registering a left hand drive?
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:13 pm
Since I finnished TieFighter Ive had sometime on my hands so I got this little secret out in the open....
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:18 pm
That looks so odd but I can't stop staring and imagining
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:56 pm
Where's the engine go?
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:56 pm
In front... With a rubber band driving the rear... 
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:39 pm
ahh the old rubber band to the rear conversion... well donevader wrote:In front... With a rubber band driving the rear...
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:37 pm
Hey !, You can Photo Shop it anywhere you like..Ron&Gill wrote:Where's the engine go?
Herman
PS, will look killer having one with "back to front"
type 4 engine up front........... 
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:04 pm
Hi-Jack
Here is the consept that I have been pondering over quite a few gassmix experiments....
The whole Eco debate has been raging for ages and seeing as the SPCA aint ever going to pass my revolutionary renewable energy cow car, there must be a way for the average pothead to build his own eco freindly car??? The problem comes when choosing which energy source you want to use. Hybrid, Electric.
Electric has range issues, battery weight issues and charge time issues.
Hybrid is a good idea but for the cost.
So this is where I had the brain fart.. Electric-Hybrid...
Electric motors to drive the wheels and a small internal combustion motor to drive the alternators which generate the power for batteries which supplies the Electric Motors... These could be anything from 50kw-500kw motors and fitted to the gearbox to drive the wheels... You get huge Torque from 1rpm and low fuel consumption....
Am I smoking Chewbakkas socks or could something like this work?
Here is the consept that I have been pondering over quite a few gassmix experiments....
The whole Eco debate has been raging for ages and seeing as the SPCA aint ever going to pass my revolutionary renewable energy cow car, there must be a way for the average pothead to build his own eco freindly car??? The problem comes when choosing which energy source you want to use. Hybrid, Electric.
Electric has range issues, battery weight issues and charge time issues.
Hybrid is a good idea but for the cost.
So this is where I had the brain fart.. Electric-Hybrid...
Electric motors to drive the wheels and a small internal combustion motor to drive the alternators which generate the power for batteries which supplies the Electric Motors... These could be anything from 50kw-500kw motors and fitted to the gearbox to drive the wheels... You get huge Torque from 1rpm and low fuel consumption....
Am I smoking Chewbakkas socks or could something like this work?
Re: Whispers from The DarkSide 11 : TieFighter PG18!!h
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:11 pm
This is the correct way to go, as an engine driven alternator has less resistance then the gear driven back axle, so strait up you have saves fuel.
Add to this the engine can generate power at the perfect power band, and run at a constant fuel intake, saving fuel again.
Driving the wheels with an electric motor also has higher efficiency and is lighter then motor, gear box and axle.
Then you can convert energy from the brakes, solar, and wind, and suspension, to top up the battery, which will be a lot smaller then in a full electric car, saving weight, saving fuel.
Volkswagen have made a prototype that they call XL1 (if my memory serves me right) as it does 100Km per liter
http://www.ibtimes.com/volkswagen-xl1-h ... eo-1338919
Maybe this is the way you must go with the Tie Fighter, you will have a winner.
Herman
Add to this the engine can generate power at the perfect power band, and run at a constant fuel intake, saving fuel again.
Driving the wheels with an electric motor also has higher efficiency and is lighter then motor, gear box and axle.
Then you can convert energy from the brakes, solar, and wind, and suspension, to top up the battery, which will be a lot smaller then in a full electric car, saving weight, saving fuel.
Volkswagen have made a prototype that they call XL1 (if my memory serves me right) as it does 100Km per liter
http://www.ibtimes.com/volkswagen-xl1-h ... eo-1338919
Maybe this is the way you must go with the Tie Fighter, you will have a winner.
Herman