[DeTomaso] Balsa bumper front!!!

[Torbjørn Harlem]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik L" <erik at unicall.no>
To: "Torbjørn Harlem" <torbharl at online.no>
Cc: "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net>; "GW" <gow2 at rc-tech.net>; 
<JDeRyke at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Balsa bumper front!!!


Well, they made the plane in balsa, and kontiki, so I guess bumpers
will du fine, but tho be honest I don't understad why he are ligten
the car so much.. If you got so much HP in a pantera, why bother with
a kilo or 10....

Erik

2010/3/5, Torbjørn Harlem <torbharl at online.no>:
> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob Dumoulin wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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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