This morning I milled, mounted and welded on the tabs 100mm apart on the bottom of the forks. I will work on the brake caliper mounts later -- we won't need brakes nor the steering linkage for the dyno tests one week from now.
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.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Frontal Lobes
I built up the front wheel last night. After the struggle and learning experience of the two custom rear wheels, this one went together really easy. Easy lacing and truing.
This morning I milled, mounted and welded on the tabs 100mm apart on the bottom of the forks. I will work on the brake caliper mounts later -- we won't need brakes nor the steering linkage for the dyno tests one week from now.

This morning I milled, mounted and welded on the tabs 100mm apart on the bottom of the forks. I will work on the brake caliper mounts later -- we won't need brakes nor the steering linkage for the dyno tests one week from now.