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1980 Ligier JS11/15 from the '80 F1 team 'Equipe Ligier Gitanes', originally raced by Didier Pironi. Today it was raced by Mr. John of B. in the 2015 FIA Masters Historic Formula 1 Championship.
For 1980, the JS11 was updated with improved aerodynamics and better ground effects. The team took on Didier Pironi in place of Depailler. Again the car was fast and competitive, but the Brabham BT49 and the Williams FW07 proved to be the cars to beat, with Alan Jones taking the world championship. Even so, the team still scored two wins, and would surely have taken more but for several suspension and tyre failures in the mid season. The car was producing so much downforce that the suspension and wheelhubs were coming under direct loading and therefore stress fractures developed. This was due to the immense pressure exerted on the suspension arms and the wheels by the ground effect, causing them to fail under hard braking. This effectively cost Ligier the chance to fight with Williams and Brabham for both titles.
The team finished second in the constructors' championship in 1980 ahead of Brabham, and the JS11 evolved into the JS17 for 1981. The JS11 was used as a primary test car for Michelin to experiment with their tyres.
In all the JS11 took five wins, seven pole positions and scored 127 points in its career.
I took this photo during the Historic Grand Prix 2015 on Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands.
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I photographed this Mercedes Cabriolet in a small Town in Norway. Even with the roof up during the rain it oozed style.
MOD. 853.
Ligier JS11 "Gitanes" #26 F1 (1979).
Escala 1/64 aprox.
Serie 800 / Serie "Fórmulas".
Pilen.
Made in Spain.
Año 1980.
La serie "Fórmulas" de modelos de Fórmula 1 a escala 1/64 es publicada por 1ª vez en el catálogo del año 1980.
Listado de las referencias de esta serie:
851, Lotus 80.
852, Brabham BT48.
853, Ligier JS11.
854, McLaren M28.
855, Wolf WR7.
856, Ferrari 312 T4.
857, Lotus 80.
858, Brabham BT48.
859, Ligier JS11.
860, McLaren M28.
861, Wolf WR7.
862, Ferrari 312 T4.
Fuentes:
pilen.jimdo.com/cat%C3%A1logos/
uno64.mforos.com/2092588/11201866-historia-pilen-1968-1991/
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Ligier JS11
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Ligier JS11 was a ground effect Formula One car designed by Gérard Ducarouge.
It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV married to a Ligier in-house built gearbox.
It competed in the 1979 and 1980 World Championships and proved to be very competitive.
Driven by Jacques Laffite, the car won the first two races of the 1979 season and scored consistently.
The Ligiers stayed in contention throughout the season, with Patrick Depailler winning a further race in Spain.
The team eventually finished third behind Ferrari and Williams in the constructors' championship.
Depailler was injured halfway through the season in a hang-gliding accident and was replaced by Jacky Ickx, but he struggled to keep pace with the car and his team mate and left at the end of the season, having scored only a handful of points."
JS11/15
"For 1980, the JS11 was updated with improved aerodynamics and better ground effects.
The team took on Didier Pironi in place of Depailler.
Again the car was fast and competitive, but the Brabham BT49 and the Williams FW07 proved to be the cars to beat, with Alan Jones taking the world championship. Even so, the team still scored two wins, and would surely have taken more but for several suspension and tyre failures in the mid season. The car was producing so much downforce that the suspension and wheelhubs were coming under direct loading and therefore stress fractures developed. This was due to the immense pressure exerted on the suspension arms and the wheels by the ground effect, causing them to fail under hard braking.
This effectively cost Ligier the chance to fight with Williams and Brabham for both titles.
The team finished second in the constructors' championship in 1980 ahead of Brabham, and the JS11 evolved into the JS17 for 1981.
The JS11 was used as a primary test car for Michelin to experiment with their tyres.
In all the JS11 took five wins, seven pole positions and scored 127 points in its career."
(...)
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Ligier JS11
Ligier JS11/15
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Ligier
Designer(s)
Gérard Ducarouge
Michel Beaujon
Robert Choulet
Predecessor
JS9
Successor
JS17
Technical specifications
Chassis
Aluminium monocoque
Axle track
Front: 1,738 mm (68.4 in)
Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in)
Wheelbase
2,794 mm (110.0 in)
Engine
Ford Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 60° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission
Hewland FGA 400, 6-speed manual
Weight
580 kg (1,280 lb)
Fuel
Shell
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Ligier Gitanes
Notable drivers
France Jacques Laffite (1979–80)
France Patrick Depailler (1979)
Belgium Jacky Ickx (1979)
France Didier Pironi (1980)
Debut
1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Races.....Wins.....Poles.....F.Laps
..29............5.............6.............6.....
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
Ford Prefect four door saloon, complete with sun-visor and customised wheelhubs. Lovely lime green colour scheme and, judging by the ripples in the bodywork, full of filler. Malta 2009.
Design idea for a 2wd axle for a Tricycle or Quadracycle. Aside from a few machined adaptors & the axle shaft, all the parts are cheap & rugged 'off the shelf' items.
As I explained on Atomic Zombies forum:-
Omitted from the drawing are the wheels (the hubs are there in light blue) and the bearing blocks to mount the axle (they will be just inboard of Adapters 2 & 3, & just behind the cluster)
For clarity, the direction the Freewheels are threaded onto Adapters 2 & 3 is shown by an arrow.
So, here's how it (theoretically) works:
* the drive is transmitted to the axle via the Sprocket cluster & Adapter 4
* the wheels use front mtb hubs as per the Warriors front wheels, thus are mounted to the axle on bearings and are free to rotate upon it
* from the axle, the drive passes through Adapters 2 & 3 to the centre of each Freewheel (the freewheels are working in reverse)
* the Freewheels transmit their drive to the Wheelhubs via Adapters 1 - these are bolted to the hubs ISO disc mount and have pegs that engage with the teeth of the Freewheels
The Spacer shown in red is there for the Wheelhub to tighten up against and must be long enough to keep some clearance between Adapter 1 & 2/3. Alternatively this could be part of Adapters 2/3.
The Adapters are of course machined parts but shouldn't be something that will get much wear & tear.
The pegs on Adapter 1 that engage with the Freewheel teeth could be as simple as stainless steel allen screws if a reasonable number are used to share the load.
MOD. 853.
Ligier JS11 "Gitanes" #26 F1 (1979).
Escala 1/64 aprox.
Serie 800 / Serie "Fórmulas".
Pilen.
Made in Spain.
Año 1980.
La serie "Fórmulas" de modelos de Fórmula 1 a escala 1/64 es publicada por 1ª vez en el catálogo del año 1980.
Listado de las referencias de esta serie:
851, Lotus 80.
852, Brabham BT48.
853, Ligier JS11.
854, McLaren M28.
855, Wolf WR7.
856, Ferrari 312 T4.
857, Lotus 80.
858, Brabham BT48.
859, Ligier JS11.
860, McLaren M28.
861, Wolf WR7.
862, Ferrari 312 T4.
Fuentes:
pilen.jimdo.com/cat%C3%A1logos/
uno64.mforos.com/2092588/11201866-historia-pilen-1968-1991/
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Ligier JS11
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Ligier JS11 was a ground effect Formula One car designed by Gérard Ducarouge.
It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV married to a Ligier in-house built gearbox.
It competed in the 1979 and 1980 World Championships and proved to be very competitive.
Driven by Jacques Laffite, the car won the first two races of the 1979 season and scored consistently.
The Ligiers stayed in contention throughout the season, with Patrick Depailler winning a further race in Spain.
The team eventually finished third behind Ferrari and Williams in the constructors' championship.
Depailler was injured halfway through the season in a hang-gliding accident and was replaced by Jacky Ickx, but he struggled to keep pace with the car and his team mate and left at the end of the season, having scored only a handful of points."
JS11/15
"For 1980, the JS11 was updated with improved aerodynamics and better ground effects.
The team took on Didier Pironi in place of Depailler.
Again the car was fast and competitive, but the Brabham BT49 and the Williams FW07 proved to be the cars to beat, with Alan Jones taking the world championship. Even so, the team still scored two wins, and would surely have taken more but for several suspension and tyre failures in the mid season. The car was producing so much downforce that the suspension and wheelhubs were coming under direct loading and therefore stress fractures developed. This was due to the immense pressure exerted on the suspension arms and the wheels by the ground effect, causing them to fail under hard braking.
This effectively cost Ligier the chance to fight with Williams and Brabham for both titles.
The team finished second in the constructors' championship in 1980 ahead of Brabham, and the JS11 evolved into the JS17 for 1981.
The JS11 was used as a primary test car for Michelin to experiment with their tyres.
In all the JS11 took five wins, seven pole positions and scored 127 points in its career."
(...)
---------------
Ligier JS11
Ligier JS11/15
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Ligier
Designer(s)
Gérard Ducarouge
Michel Beaujon
Robert Choulet
Predecessor
JS9
Successor
JS17
Technical specifications
Chassis
Aluminium monocoque
Axle track
Front: 1,738 mm (68.4 in)
Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in)
Wheelbase
2,794 mm (110.0 in)
Engine
Ford Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 60° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission
Hewland FGA 400, 6-speed manual
Weight
580 kg (1,280 lb)
Fuel
Shell
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Ligier Gitanes
Notable drivers
France Jacques Laffite (1979–80)
France Patrick Depailler (1979)
Belgium Jacky Ickx (1979)
France Didier Pironi (1980)
Debut
1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Races.....Wins.....Poles.....F.Laps
..29............5.............6.............6.....
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
MOD. 853.
Ligier JS11 "Gitanes" #26 F1 (1979).
Escala 1/64 aprox.
Serie 800 / Serie "Fórmulas".
Pilen.
Made in Spain.
Año 1980.
La serie "Fórmulas" de modelos de Fórmula 1 a escala 1/64 es publicada por 1ª vez en el catálogo del año 1980.
Listado de las referencias de esta serie:
851, Lotus 80.
852, Brabham BT48.
853, Ligier JS11.
854, McLaren M28.
855, Wolf WR7.
856, Ferrari 312 T4.
857, Lotus 80.
858, Brabham BT48.
859, Ligier JS11.
860, McLaren M28.
861, Wolf WR7.
862, Ferrari 312 T4.
Fuentes:
pilen.jimdo.com/cat%C3%A1logos/
uno64.mforos.com/2092588/11201866-historia-pilen-1968-1991/
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Ligier JS11
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Ligier JS11 was a ground effect Formula One car designed by Gérard Ducarouge.
It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV married to a Ligier in-house built gearbox.
It competed in the 1979 and 1980 World Championships and proved to be very competitive.
Driven by Jacques Laffite, the car won the first two races of the 1979 season and scored consistently.
The Ligiers stayed in contention throughout the season, with Patrick Depailler winning a further race in Spain.
The team eventually finished third behind Ferrari and Williams in the constructors' championship.
Depailler was injured halfway through the season in a hang-gliding accident and was replaced by Jacky Ickx, but he struggled to keep pace with the car and his team mate and left at the end of the season, having scored only a handful of points."
JS11/15
"For 1980, the JS11 was updated with improved aerodynamics and better ground effects.
The team took on Didier Pironi in place of Depailler.
Again the car was fast and competitive, but the Brabham BT49 and the Williams FW07 proved to be the cars to beat, with Alan Jones taking the world championship. Even so, the team still scored two wins, and would surely have taken more but for several suspension and tyre failures in the mid season. The car was producing so much downforce that the suspension and wheelhubs were coming under direct loading and therefore stress fractures developed. This was due to the immense pressure exerted on the suspension arms and the wheels by the ground effect, causing them to fail under hard braking.
This effectively cost Ligier the chance to fight with Williams and Brabham for both titles.
The team finished second in the constructors' championship in 1980 ahead of Brabham, and the JS11 evolved into the JS17 for 1981.
The JS11 was used as a primary test car for Michelin to experiment with their tyres.
In all the JS11 took five wins, seven pole positions and scored 127 points in its career."
(...)
---------------
Ligier JS11
Ligier JS11/15
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Ligier
Designer(s)
Gérard Ducarouge
Michel Beaujon
Robert Choulet
Predecessor
JS9
Successor
JS17
Technical specifications
Chassis
Aluminium monocoque
Axle track
Front: 1,738 mm (68.4 in)
Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in)
Wheelbase
2,794 mm (110.0 in)
Engine
Ford Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 60° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission
Hewland FGA 400, 6-speed manual
Weight
580 kg (1,280 lb)
Fuel
Shell
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Ligier Gitanes
Notable drivers
France Jacques Laffite (1979–80)
France Patrick Depailler (1979)
Belgium Jacky Ickx (1979)
France Didier Pironi (1980)
Debut
1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Races.....Wins.....Poles.....F.Laps
..29............5.............6.............6.....
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
MOD. 853.
Ligier JS11 "Gitanes" #26 F1 (1979).
Escala 1/64 aprox.
Serie 800 / Serie "Fórmulas".
Pilen.
Made in Spain.
Año 1980.
La serie "Fórmulas" de modelos de Fórmula 1 a escala 1/64 es publicada por 1ª vez en el catálogo del año 1980.
Listado de las referencias de esta serie:
851, Lotus 80.
852, Brabham BT48.
853, Ligier JS11.
854, McLaren M28.
855, Wolf WR7.
856, Ferrari 312 T4.
857, Lotus 80.
858, Brabham BT48.
859, Ligier JS11.
860, McLaren M28.
861, Wolf WR7.
862, Ferrari 312 T4.
Fuentes:
pilen.jimdo.com/cat%C3%A1logos/
uno64.mforos.com/2092588/11201866-historia-pilen-1968-1991/
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Ligier JS11
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Ligier JS11 was a ground effect Formula One car designed by Gérard Ducarouge.
It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV married to a Ligier in-house built gearbox.
It competed in the 1979 and 1980 World Championships and proved to be very competitive.
Driven by Jacques Laffite, the car won the first two races of the 1979 season and scored consistently.
The Ligiers stayed in contention throughout the season, with Patrick Depailler winning a further race in Spain.
The team eventually finished third behind Ferrari and Williams in the constructors' championship.
Depailler was injured halfway through the season in a hang-gliding accident and was replaced by Jacky Ickx, but he struggled to keep pace with the car and his team mate and left at the end of the season, having scored only a handful of points."
JS11/15
"For 1980, the JS11 was updated with improved aerodynamics and better ground effects.
The team took on Didier Pironi in place of Depailler.
Again the car was fast and competitive, but the Brabham BT49 and the Williams FW07 proved to be the cars to beat, with Alan Jones taking the world championship. Even so, the team still scored two wins, and would surely have taken more but for several suspension and tyre failures in the mid season. The car was producing so much downforce that the suspension and wheelhubs were coming under direct loading and therefore stress fractures developed. This was due to the immense pressure exerted on the suspension arms and the wheels by the ground effect, causing them to fail under hard braking.
This effectively cost Ligier the chance to fight with Williams and Brabham for both titles.
The team finished second in the constructors' championship in 1980 ahead of Brabham, and the JS11 evolved into the JS17 for 1981.
The JS11 was used as a primary test car for Michelin to experiment with their tyres.
In all the JS11 took five wins, seven pole positions and scored 127 points in its career."
(...)
---------------
Ligier JS11
Ligier JS11/15
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Ligier
Designer(s)
Gérard Ducarouge
Michel Beaujon
Robert Choulet
Predecessor
JS9
Successor
JS17
Technical specifications
Chassis
Aluminium monocoque
Axle track
Front: 1,738 mm (68.4 in)
Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in)
Wheelbase
2,794 mm (110.0 in)
Engine
Ford Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 60° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission
Hewland FGA 400, 6-speed manual
Weight
580 kg (1,280 lb)
Fuel
Shell
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Ligier Gitanes
Notable drivers
France Jacques Laffite (1979–80)
France Patrick Depailler (1979)
Belgium Jacky Ickx (1979)
France Didier Pironi (1980)
Debut
1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Races.....Wins.....Poles.....F.Laps
..29............5.............6.............6.....
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
MOD. 853.
Ligier JS11 "Gitanes" #26 F1 (1979).
Escala 1/64 aprox.
Serie 800 / Serie "Fórmulas".
Pilen.
Made in Spain.
Año 1980.
La serie "Fórmulas" de modelos de Fórmula 1 a escala 1/64 es publicada por 1ª vez en el catálogo del año 1980.
Listado de las referencias de esta serie:
851, Lotus 80.
852, Brabham BT48.
853, Ligier JS11.
854, McLaren M28.
855, Wolf WR7.
856, Ferrari 312 T4.
857, Lotus 80.
858, Brabham BT48.
859, Ligier JS11.
860, McLaren M28.
861, Wolf WR7.
862, Ferrari 312 T4.
Fuentes:
pilen.jimdo.com/cat%C3%A1logos/
uno64.mforos.com/2092588/11201866-historia-pilen-1968-1991/
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Ligier JS11
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Ligier JS11 was a ground effect Formula One car designed by Gérard Ducarouge.
It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV married to a Ligier in-house built gearbox.
It competed in the 1979 and 1980 World Championships and proved to be very competitive.
Driven by Jacques Laffite, the car won the first two races of the 1979 season and scored consistently.
The Ligiers stayed in contention throughout the season, with Patrick Depailler winning a further race in Spain.
The team eventually finished third behind Ferrari and Williams in the constructors' championship.
Depailler was injured halfway through the season in a hang-gliding accident and was replaced by Jacky Ickx, but he struggled to keep pace with the car and his team mate and left at the end of the season, having scored only a handful of points."
JS11/15
"For 1980, the JS11 was updated with improved aerodynamics and better ground effects.
The team took on Didier Pironi in place of Depailler.
Again the car was fast and competitive, but the Brabham BT49 and the Williams FW07 proved to be the cars to beat, with Alan Jones taking the world championship. Even so, the team still scored two wins, and would surely have taken more but for several suspension and tyre failures in the mid season. The car was producing so much downforce that the suspension and wheelhubs were coming under direct loading and therefore stress fractures developed. This was due to the immense pressure exerted on the suspension arms and the wheels by the ground effect, causing them to fail under hard braking.
This effectively cost Ligier the chance to fight with Williams and Brabham for both titles.
The team finished second in the constructors' championship in 1980 ahead of Brabham, and the JS11 evolved into the JS17 for 1981.
The JS11 was used as a primary test car for Michelin to experiment with their tyres.
In all the JS11 took five wins, seven pole positions and scored 127 points in its career."
(...)
---------------
Ligier JS11
Ligier JS11/15
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Ligier
Designer(s)
Gérard Ducarouge
Michel Beaujon
Robert Choulet
Predecessor
JS9
Successor
JS17
Technical specifications
Chassis
Aluminium monocoque
Axle track
Front: 1,738 mm (68.4 in)
Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in)
Wheelbase
2,794 mm (110.0 in)
Engine
Ford Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 60° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission
Hewland FGA 400, 6-speed manual
Weight
580 kg (1,280 lb)
Fuel
Shell
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Ligier Gitanes
Notable drivers
France Jacques Laffite (1979–80)
France Patrick Depailler (1979)
Belgium Jacky Ickx (1979)
France Didier Pironi (1980)
Debut
1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Races.....Wins.....Poles.....F.Laps
..29............5.............6.............6.....
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0
Covered with cobwebs, this is the front hub of a MK2 Ford Cortina, with column gear change, from which I had to tale the wheel studs as some wanted them for an ancient trailer.
This was complicated. The chain wraps around 2 pulleys between the cranks & wheelhub. Their purpose is to direct the chain down the line of the Forks to permit the forks to steer (the chain will twist between the pulleys & wheelhub during steering). In practice this varies depending on which gear it's in & degree of steer. This was the final mounting points I settled on before fixing the pulleys in position.
a one night exhibition featuring some of my projects -
Southsea Deck Your Chairs - www.southseadeckyourchairs.tk/ and Love Your Bike Portsmouth www.loveyourbikeportsmouth.co.uk/love/
Held at the Spring Back event for the South Coast Design Forum - SCDF - www.scdf.org.uk/
Preserved ex-Tyne and Wear PTE ECW-bodied Bristol RESL no. 341 (ECU 201E) approaches the roundabout at the junction of Sea Lane and Chichester Road in Seaburn, Sunderland, on its way home after attending the annual Seaburn Historic Vehicle Display.
This bus was delivered to South Shields Corporation Transport in 1967, as its no. 1; it was SSCT's first Leyland-engined bus since 1943, and the first Leyland-engined Bristol RE built for a non-Tilling operator. SSCT ordered five.
SSCT was absorbed into Tyneside PTE on 1st January 1970 (Tyneside PTE became Tyne and Wear PTE on the creation of Tyne and Wear County Council on 1st April 1974). 341 is pictured wearing Tyneside PTE livery, which was essentially the former Newcastle Corporation colours of cadmium yellow and cream with maroon lining and wheelhubs (this was replaced later in the decade by the better-known yellow and white with blue lining and wheelhubs).
Both South Shields and Sunderland Corporation operated Bristol REs, the latter being bodied by Metro-Cammell Weymann (although in a style similar to the Strachan bodies on its Leyland Panthers, with sloping windows). Both were replaced by new double deckers during the late 1970s, although the ex-South Shields examples had been transferred to Newcastle in 1974. 341 was sold for further use with another operator, and ended up in East Anglia; after retirement, it ended up as a chicken coop!
But Bristol REs returned to South Shields after deregulation, with Busways acquiring a number second hand for use with South Shields Busways (including Economic) and Blue Bus Services (in Newcastle) at a time when competitor Hylton Castle Motors (which branded itself "Catch-A-Bus") had also acquired second-hand Bristol REs. In addition, 341 was bought by Busways in 1988 and restored to operational condition by apprentices over a couple of years, being repainted into South Shields Corporation colours (blue and cream). It was part of the company's heritage fleet, but occasionally saw use on normal services. Stagecoach ownership of Busways saw the heritage fleet sold after a few years, and 341 entered true preservation in January 1998. Within a couple of years it had been repainted into Tyneside PTE colours.
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I'm running into some problems with the newly designed axle. The hubs cause that the steeringrod connects in a Ackermann geometry. As the crane will also be able to drive with crabsteering, this is highly unwanted. I'm trying to figure out a way to defeat the Ackermann, without having to modify the wheelhubs. I'm not yet satisfied with this solution...
I'm running into some problems with the newly designed axle. The hubs cause that the steeringrod connects in a Ackermann geometry. As the crane will also be able to drive with crabsteering, this is highly unwanted. I'm trying to figure out a way to defeat the Ackermann, without having to modify the wheelhubs. I'm not yet satisfied with this solution...
One of the chunky OTR tyres on an off road vehicle I saw today whilst working in an estate.
OTR History
Established in 1977, OTR Tyres has grown from a company with three tyre fitters serving the open cast coal industry in England to the forefront of 'Off The Road' earthmover tyre technology, with the name and reputation to match, globally.
OTR set itself apart from competitors at an early stage by investing in trucks and trained earthmover tyre fitters for on-site service, significantly reducing vehicle downtime and lost production for customers.
Based near Alfreton, Derbyshire in England, OTR operate from a 5.75 acre site which houses a purpose built retreading facility offering quality retread tyres.
Recent expansion has seen OTR operations develop throughout Australia and Ghana with new state-of-the-art retreading facilities providing significant ease to the current earthmover tyre crisis.
State-of-the art equipment and skilled and experienced workers have enabled OTR to produce finished products with levels of accuracy as close to new tyres as is currently possible.
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I'm running into some problems with the newly designed axle. The hubs cause that the steeringrod connects in a Ackermann geometry. As the crane will also be able to drive with crabsteering, this is highly unwanted. I'm trying to figure out a way to defeat the Ackermann, without having to modify the wheelhubs. I'm not yet satisfied with this solution...
This retro style wheel hub provides and excellent wide angle reflection. I can be seen in the background
Yes, I do work on my bus sometimes!! Matt Reynolds took this shot as I was painting the bolt ends on the front wheel hubs.
1. tractor wheel hub, 2. tractor wheel hub, 3. tractor wheel hub
4. tractor wheel hub, 5. tractor wheel hub, 6. tractor wheel hub
7. tractor wheel hub, 8. tractor wheel hub, 9. tractor wheel hub
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Following on from refitting the LEYLAND letters to the front of my bus I then painted the rear wheel hubs before refitting them. I had to use a fine artists brush to apply the paint around the Leyland scroll in the centre. Two coats were put on to give a more robust finish.
The finished job! for now....
Fishwicks picked their bolt ends out in silver paint. I chose to use white so it would match with the white bumpers and the white lettering on the front of the bus.
After visiting Winchester on 01/01/09 I intend to take the paint off the whole of the wheel hub as it is flaking in places and has been applied unevenly in others. Once rubbed back I can apply an even black finish and redo the white.
These are two completely different Chevy's that I took at different times without ever thinking of making a diptych out of them. I just love those curves;)
Excerpts from Far Roaming ;
[The "Lyrics of Chu" is an anthology of poetry that includes works from the end of the Warring States Period and from the early Han period. It includes two poems in which a shaman recalls a soul from its wanderings back to life, describing what the soul encounters and what life is calling for return. "Far Roaming" is a similar account of a heavenly journey. The following translation is by Stephen Owen. The entire poem can be read in his collection (which is one of the best collections available in English and should be read by anyone interested in Chinese culture) An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911.]
I snatched up a comet to serve as my standard,
I raised Dipper's handle to serve as my sign.
Chaotic, pellmell, we rose and dipped down,
we swam flowing waves of fog-tendrils windstruck.
But the moment grew dimmer, all darkened in shadow,
I called on Black Tortoise to dash in my train.
Behind went Wen Chang, in charge of the columns,
all the gods stood in order, the wheelhubs were even.
The road kept on going, it was long and far,
I slowed, pausing in pace, and crossed up on high.
To my left the Rain Master I made wait upon me,
to my right was Lord Thunder, who served as my guard.
I wished to cross from the world and forget to return.
my fancies ran wild, were reckless and rash.
I felt merry within, and I found myself fair,
I sought pleasure the while, and wanton delight.