Here's a shot of the central steel box frame with the front members and the lower prop pylon stanchions clamped in place. The upper pylon stanchions will sit upon the lowers and will hinge forward 90d for travel.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
The (rough) shape of things to come
Had a heck of a good weekend working on the cart chassis. During the last week or so we had worked on tapering the front chassis members and working on methods to increase torsional rigidity.
Here's a shot of the central steel box frame with the front members and the lower prop pylon stanchions clamped in place. The upper pylon stanchions will sit upon the lowers and will hinge forward 90d for travel.

Here's a shot of the central steel box frame with the front members and the lower prop pylon stanchions clamped in place. The upper pylon stanchions will sit upon the lowers and will hinge forward 90d for travel.