[DeTomaso] Balsa bumper front!!!

[Torbjørn Harlem]

If I know Gøran right . he`ll not add nothing extra to the car
not even helium.

the balsa will even be lighter when the sand and so will blast on the 
bumpers.

way to go Gøran.

Torbjorn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net>
To: "GW" <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
Cc: <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Balsa bumper front!!!


> 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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>> Rob Dumoulin wrote:
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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?
>>>
>>> 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
>>>> interesting
>>>> 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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