Chris Kouba
Supporter
The lunacy is starting again.
Last year I (quite casually) chronicled the build of my entry for the Portland "Adult" Soapbox Derby in this thread, and cutting to the chase, WE WON!!
This year, instead of tuning up the winner, I have decided to actually just build another one from scratch again. The concept will be the same but the details will be different. The rear wheel dia will match the front, overall height will be lower, overall length will be longer, frontal area and cowl height will be reduced, better wheel skirts, and the final objective is to have a canopy/closed cockpit.
I assume there will be a pretty big target on my back this year and I was on the fence about building another one vs tweaking the original, until I found a really cheap deal on a full set of wheels and couldn't resist. So far I have been working on the packaging of the payload and the running gear and trying to get it lined up. I'm working with the same high-tech systems as last year: the shop floor and tape.
General layout:
In addition, I have the components for the front uprights fabbed up, just need the axle beam finalized before I can finish weld them together.
So not many cool pics, vids, or stories yet but I am looking forward to them!
Last year I (quite casually) chronicled the build of my entry for the Portland "Adult" Soapbox Derby in this thread, and cutting to the chase, WE WON!!
This year, instead of tuning up the winner, I have decided to actually just build another one from scratch again. The concept will be the same but the details will be different. The rear wheel dia will match the front, overall height will be lower, overall length will be longer, frontal area and cowl height will be reduced, better wheel skirts, and the final objective is to have a canopy/closed cockpit.
I assume there will be a pretty big target on my back this year and I was on the fence about building another one vs tweaking the original, until I found a really cheap deal on a full set of wheels and couldn't resist. So far I have been working on the packaging of the payload and the running gear and trying to get it lined up. I'm working with the same high-tech systems as last year: the shop floor and tape.
General layout:
In addition, I have the components for the front uprights fabbed up, just need the axle beam finalized before I can finish weld them together.
So not many cool pics, vids, or stories yet but I am looking forward to them!