setting up the nose

 

from Gerron Hite, original source unknown

machining sliding pillar parts

 My mate John, who has an old Myford lathe, took a tiny skim out of the inside diameter of these 20mm shaft collars so that they rotate around and slide up and down a 20mm o/d steel tube. I am replacing the grub screws with M6 grease nipples for lube.

cockpit daydreams

Now got to the stage where I can sit and daydream 

(or think through the next stage of the design)

 

seat

 Today I made a sprung seat. I am unsure how effective it will be, really, but at least it is less hard than a slab of ply. It looks super bouncy, but really, as soon as you sit, the springs compress to frame height, or slightly below. Will let you know if it bounces on bumps or whether it is just like a wire hammock.

As I got up off it, it did give me the tiniest push up, as it unloaded.

Still need to foam and cover it.

cockpit steering mechanism

 

back base gives shape to aluminium siding

 

Seat back, cockpit and internal sub-frame