Bockscar 3.0 Streamliner

[SPARKY]

I have two different Dia. chutes for B ville a 4.5 dia for high speed and a 6.5 I put out at around 2 The 4.5 hits a lot harder than the larger 100 apart

[Stainless1]

The chute we use is a cross form with a total of 20 sq ft.  I can say it gives a good tug at any speed over 200.  The fastest I've felt it was 246 and it really put me into the belts... it is a welcome feeling at the 5.
Photos by our teammate Pork Pie

[kiwi belly tank]

We ran that style of Jim's cross form high speed on Betsy but the long tapered panels made them spin but we were going quite a bit faster. A shorter squared off panel stopped that. I asked DJ's to copy it from one of the chutes I have but they refused.
I found a friend of a friend that works for an (unnamed ) military contractor that copied them for me. He said "how many do you want?" I said how many can you do? He said "will 25 be enough?
Ah, yeah! that should do!
  Sid.

[Stainless1]

Well Sid, it does rotate a little.... but not so much that it's a problem... If you want me to test a couple of the 25 you have laying around I would be happy to...     

[kiwi belly tank]

They put them through their system as an R&D project & did an analysis of 1 to 6 chutes up to 550 since I'll be packing 6 once I get serious.
When I got them I tested 4 out the sunroof of my Riviera with a friend at 150 just because I'm old school. I packed them in Pepsi boxes & he tossed them out one at a time in about 4 seconds flat. That got the attention of a local farmer. :naughty
  Sid.
 

[Stainless1]

Hope you had them tied to the bumper and not the mirror... 
Max Lambky was testing ribbon chutes to see if they would fly straight throwing them out the truck window about 30 years ago... the cop coming from the other direction was not impressed when a chute flew into his lane...

Six... that's a flock of chutes... 

[kiwi belly tank]

I'm pretty keen to be able to stop this thing so I've also addressed brakes & downshifting every gear as well. I'm interested in scaring the $hit out of myself & being able to talk about it later.
  Sid.

[WOODY@DDLLC]

When I was teaching newbies how to ride motorcycles, I gave them two important rules.

Rule #1: Whoa is more important than go! 

Rule #2: Never forget rule #1! 

[tauruck]

Woody, the bikes I rode gave you arm pump.

I'm the best rear breaker in the business. Just lay that sucker over and pray.

[Stainless1]

Well guys taking good pictures of frame rails is beyond my capabilities.... but here they are anyway... no nothing welded yet.  I am still thinking about the sequence in which I should get this welded... don't want to make it harder than it has to be... I have the upper rails bent to match the lowers.... still a long way to go...
Building from nothing is actually easier than revising and making it come out right

[Stainless1]

Things are moving slow, but they are moving... I've been making frame supports/spacers and the removable frame member to make clearance to get the motor in and out.  Ok, there are a few tacks and clamps employed to help keep things in place. 
The challenge is getting things made and in place before I make it harder by welding it all together.  Today I welded in some threaded bungs in a bottom cross rail for motor mounts. Anyway, here's a couple of pics for Pork Pie to view 

[floydjer]

The vertical rectangular tube w/ multiple holes....Swing arm height adjustment? Carry on.

[Stainless1]

Good guess Jerry, and the extra unused will get used for things like an outer bearing support for the output shaft and shift actuator.... kinda like the extras on the lakester.  I'm planning to put a couple in the front vertical frame members before they get tacked as well... oh and anywhere I think I might need one or 2 while it is easy to drill the holes and weld on the table. 
Speaking of welding, it looks like my welding helmet is malfunctioning... it seems to be flickering.  Maybe the internal solar charged battery is bad or one of the sensors. Tried my older one and it worked, just has a fixed rather than adjustable darkness. 
Time to go shopping again.   

[kiwi belly tank]

If it turns on, put the helmet in the sun for a couple of days & see if it comes back to life before shelling out your hard earned.
  Sid.

[Stainless1]

Sid, I did a little troubleshooting.... the rechargeable lithium batteries are 3v coins, both were 2.3v after being in the light for an hour. 
My truck remote has the same battery, yeah it has been acting up a little too, need to be close to unlock the doors....
So I shopped for CR2032's.  I will get them tomorrow and hopefully that does the trick.