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Originally Posted by Doug68  Not to throw a fly in the soup. But... I know a lawyer (he's not really a bad bloke). We had a discussion on liability issues. The interesting thing he pointed out to me is that the notion of a contract or payment does not need to exist for liability to be present.
Therefore if I publish even freely, flawed information how to do a thing, you might attempt to hold me liable for the resulting harm.
I believe that there are a few lawyers on the forum is that your considered opinion? |
The old litigation bogey! That's a valid point Doug, and one that I have considered. Jac Macs observations here
Kiwi 40 ....
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Originally Posted by jac mac One drawing, or set of drawings that may be of more 'real' use to scratch builders is a set that define the maximum dimensions of all critical areas in order to fit within the confines of the GT40 sillouette: eg the height/width of the panel with fuel fillers, height/width of sponsoons, w/screen dimensions/angles.
In doing this you would leave it open for those that wished to choose between Mono/Spaceframe etc
A bit like reverse engineering, or having the body shell & constructing the chassis inside it.
Still a lot of work - the 40 has several areas that create problems clearance wise especially when you start to compromise on rim offset's-suspension components etc.
Jac Mac |
....would tend to resolve that issue and leave the builder responsible for joining up the dots. Not difficult armed with a copy of "Costin & Phipps", which a spaceframe scratchbuilder should have anyway.
More relevant perhaps is the question of litigation WRT definitive "How to" articles on this forum once they get into issues like suspension or brake setup. Should the experts keep their knowledge to themselves and just let the uninformed carry on blissfully along a potentially dangerous course?
I really get pissed off with all this litigious 'sue-everybody-for-your-own-mistakes' crap! Information gleaned from the internet needs to be verified from other sources, if you don't do that you're the author of your own doom! Right now, the 'spinner direction' thread comes to mind!
Cheers,