Following is a sequence of shots I took last night from the process -- reduce hub size to something more appropriate, drill and tap the hole circle to match the disks and then install said disk.
In 2009 we set out to conclusively answer the following question... Can a vehicle be built which can go directly downwind, faster than the wind (DDWFTTW), powered only by the wind, steady state? On 3 July 2010 we established a world record by going directly downwind at 2.8 times the true wind speed with the Blackbird. Now we have begun to modify the Blackbird with the intention of going directly UP-wind faster than the wind - steady state.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Can we stop this?
The first three hubs I'm modifying are for the braking system. We're using three mountain bike disk brakes mounted to these hubs. There will be two on the drive axle and the third will mount to the propeller shaft.
Following is a sequence of shots I took last night from the process -- reduce hub size to something more appropriate, drill and tap the hole circle to match the disks and then install said disk.
Following is a sequence of shots I took last night from the process -- reduce hub size to something more appropriate, drill and tap the hole circle to match the disks and then install said disk.