And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Lightening holes only add a stress riser if they were square!...but it looks like they were added with some smarts, and like anonymous also points out, some are even flanged to be lighter but stronger! It's done in aircraft all the time!
here is someone who knows just what weight to horsepower really means. and notice the holes in stress areas are flanged ? that makes it stronger. wonder how long it took to tune up the Weber DOCE's carbs ? that is a piece of art.
Who else builds rear engine cars that were air cooled? Flat six cylinder engines, for that matter. I can't swear to it, since the air cooled one I have worked on still has all it's gear installed, so hard to compare the metal contours I can see to these photos.
I had a friend in Dallas named Sloane McCauley who drag raced a Hudson Jet (it would pull the front wheels with a 308 ci Hudson six). The class had no weight specified so Sloane did the swiss cheese trick. He saved every knockout in a 5 gallon bucket(s). Last I asked, he had saved about 85 pounds of metal. I suggested he have some of his body parts cut off (ears, toes, etc) but he didnt think my idea was funny.
Inspired by Switzerland?
ReplyDeleteBe nice to see the whole thing in a picture. Guy must specialize in stress riser engineering.
ReplyDeleteLightening holes only add a stress riser if they were square!...but it looks like they were added with some smarts, and like anonymous also points out, some are even flanged to be lighter but stronger! It's done in aircraft all the time!
DeleteThat's what I meant. Maybe I should have said anti-stress. Or maybe the guy sells drill bits.
DeleteSo how much weight was he able to pull out of the vehicle?
ReplyDeleteShow the rest of the car!!!
ReplyDeleteSlick
ReplyDeletehere is someone who knows just what weight to horsepower really means.
ReplyDeleteand notice the holes in stress areas are flanged ? that makes it stronger.
wonder how long it took to tune up the Weber DOCE's carbs ?
that is a piece of art.
Is this a 911?
ReplyDeleteWho else builds rear engine cars that were air cooled? Flat six cylinder engines, for that matter. I can't swear to it, since the air cooled one I have worked on still has all it's gear installed, so hard to compare the metal contours I can see to these photos.
Deletehttps://www.porscheclubgb.com/community/images/latest/the-lightest-911
ReplyDeleteThanks anon, Southend-on-sea too, I must look out for it
DeleteBut will it fly?
ReplyDeleteHoly hot rod!
ReplyDeleteIs the shift knob Balsa wood to save weight?
ReplyDelete"...and though the holes were rather small,
ReplyDeletehe had to count them all."
A little to Holey for my taste but crafty to the max!
ReplyDeleteI had a friend in Dallas named Sloane McCauley who drag raced a Hudson Jet (it would pull the front wheels with a 308 ci Hudson six). The class had no weight specified so Sloane did the swiss cheese trick. He saved every knockout in a 5 gallon bucket(s). Last I asked, he had saved about 85 pounds of metal. I suggested he have some of his body parts cut off (ears, toes, etc) but he didnt think my idea was funny.
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