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10 July 2015 at 14:51 #196396
Thomas Gude
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@thomasgude37285
Hey all,

Some mates and I are competing in this weekend's Red Bull Soap Box Race
@ Alexandra Palace in our own made cart of doom. Those that frequent the model engineering show there will be aware of how steep the hill is!!

Please help us win the People's Choice Award by voting on our team page (it's
only 3 clicks!) : **LINK** (I think you need a facebook account..)

Watch all the shenanigans on channel Dave @ 6pm on Sunday.

Many thanks!!

(Mods – bit cheeky I know – if you need to take it down then fair enough but it only needs to stay up for a couple of days! )
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10 July 2015 at 14:51 #23975
Thomas Gude
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@thomasgude37285
Vote for us!!
10 July 2015 at 16:44 #196407
Russell Eberhardt
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@russelleberhardt48058
Good luck!

Russell.
10 July 2015 at 18:03 #196413
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
> Mods – bit cheeky I know

I trust your cartie is carefully engineered?

Neil
10 July 2015 at 18:11 #196414
Thomas Gude
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@thomasgude37285
Indeed Neil – infact if you click on the link you will see our tecnhical drawings and dimensioned elevations with 3rd angle projection! (albeit of some ye olde parchment) and the steering column has a nice home made brass bush *high tolerance* bearing to keep it smooth and light. We really wanted to make a model for the application but unfortunately we ran out of tume!

Thanks Russel!
10 July 2015 at 18:53 #196418
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Verily, I doth wish ye god speede too, as well, also!

Neil
10 July 2015 at 20:51 #196430
Michael Gilligan
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@michaelgilligan61133
Posted by Thomas Gude on 10/07/2015 18:11:04:

… and the steering column has a nice home made brass bush *high tolerance* bearing to keep it smooth and light.

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Thomas,

I do hope that you mean *low tolerance*

Anyway … good luck with the run.

MichaelG.
11 July 2015 at 11:08 #196472
Ian S C
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@iansc
Good luck, and go well.

The other night I watched a TV program, some English chap going for a world record in a cart, had to exceed 83 mph set by an American a number of years ago, I trust your cart is a little less high tech than that one.

Ian S C
13 July 2015 at 12:27 #196621
Thomas Gude
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@thomasgude37285
Thanks everyone it went really well! Unfortunately we weren't quite "dramatic" enough to make the tv cut. Oh well, there's always next year!

Neil – an old boy engineer saw our cart and told me that we had got our Ackermann steering angle just right and he was impressed. Of course it was completely intentional and not just a happy coincidence! If you saw it on tv his was the speedster that tipped their hat to the first high speed steam cars. I think they came third in the end.

Ian – can you remember the name of the program? I'd be interested to watch it. Some of the carts weren't far off and were definately built for speed. I think the day's record was about 40mph – although given the course we had to run I wouldn't want to go much faster than that! Our top speed was around 25mph apparently, but we were pretty chunky!
13 July 2015 at 13:21 #196624
AndyP
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@andyp13730
That was probably the "Speed with Guy Martin" series on Channel 4, should be viewable here – loved his description of the crash!

edit/ Sorry, didn't realise one has to register to view /edit

Edited By AndyP on 13/07/2015 13:25:14
13 July 2015 at 14:15 #196630
Ady1
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@ady1
Some of Guys attempt is on utube
14 July 2015 at 06:11 #196694
Ian S C
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@iansc
Yep, it was Guy Martin, quite interesting program, think I'v seen 4 so far, don't know if there's any more.

Ian S C
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