Recent content by Dain

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a few pics from race day

Well the race has been run and won, and unfortinatley we were not the winners, but yes we did come home with 2 trophies each, Well the first one was for LAST PAST THE POST and the other for THE HARD LUCK AWARD, lol, yes we had to push the silver bullet about 4 kms, we were on a flier, smoking...

before she goes to the painters

a few more pics

Here are some construction picks, far from finished, post some pics of your new build Bullet 08.

Building is going well as far as i know,I don't have many photos cause my dad doesn't know how to use a digital camera and email photos, and he and the cart are 7 hrs drive away, but as soon as i get some ill post them( I have not seen it myself yet), but at the latest the race is on the 26th of...

well thank you to all that have made comments and given me information and ideas for my cart, as of yesterday construction started, but i hope the heavier it is the quicker it is because the tax man was not kind to me this year, so iv had to opt for cheaper materials which means heavier...

I was just about to ask the same question, lighter Vs Heavy ?

Well i think you can have them, there is nothing to say you cant, but the rules are a bit blured, well as far as i know there isn't any, written down anyway, i have asked for them and nothing has been produced, because my first thought was to run a 2 wheel design, but i was told there is a 3...

for the tale shape, would it be better to continue the curve around , or design some type of tail fin like a plane ? ( like in attachments in previous reply), I am thinking that the curved continuing around to the rear would create more downforce ? is this correct ?

No there is no length restrictions, but being squared off at the back makes easy acess for the passenger to get out and push from behind,but now i think about it i could prob. run it like a bob sled and push from the side and jump in over the side,to get in.(cool runnings, lol) would having...

sweet that link was a great help, it makes my idea look good, what i have came up with so far. Do you think this is optimal design for speed and best fits the dimensions of the common billy cart used in the race ? please see attached pics of my design all comments welcome, good and...

to date the max speed of our billy carts have been 110 kmph (with a 90deg. right hand bend at the bottom of the hill, lol), with averaging speeds of around 50/60 kmph through the corners coming down the mountain. that's not bad concidering all the carts are made in back yard sheds at minium...

thanks for the links, looking at most of these cars and all of the ones i have found googling billys carts etc,it seems that the preferred design is wide at the front and narrowing to the rear, if i was to build my cart the other way around narrow at front to wide at the rear ( to suit passenger...