[DeTomaso] Balsa bumper front!!!

[Rob Dumoulin]

Fill them with helium to lighten the car even more.

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:50 PM, GW <gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:

> If your making bumpers out of Balsa, why not just make them out of party
> balloons?
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>> I was thinking the same. Not only the wind, but big bugs, sand, or other
>> particulate that blows around the road.  At high speed, would that pit the
>> bumpers?
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>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:52 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
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>>> As always, your craftsmanship is wonderful. But I hope those superlight
>>> bumpers can take the wind blast at high speeds. There are some
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>>> photos around of lightweight bumpers and hoods on drag racing cars that
>>> wrinkle
>>> and distort at speeds over 140 mph. Maybe the gauze and glue will
>>> reinforce
>>> the structure? Cheers- J DeRyke
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