Started it up for the first time and the carbon frame is still in one piece…Although the engine is running rough right now it ran upto around 8000rpm and the fan didnt escape from the duct. Trying to get hold of some engine parts to get it running properly and then we shall see.
At the [...]
Racing Diary
Here's my racing diary, to keep you up to date on all my races and events!
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Have been hard at work on the new hover for the last week but its unlikely to be done for Rother Valley in Sheffield, which is a shame as its one of the courses i still havn’t raced before. My bag skirt would love the long water straight…
Heres some of the progress so far:
Thrust axle [...]
Bolting bits together!
Monday, June 14th, 2010Most of the bits have now been made and am now at the assembly stage, progress, but not sure if it will be done in 2weeks! We will try anyway!Some pics:
Towcester 2010
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Raced at Towcester, the first weekend of the season 8-9th May.Thanks to Dave, the new owner of last years craft for letting me take it out this weekend- this is to be the world championship course so i wanted to test it out.
Saturday was spent putting the craft back together after its winter service in [...]
Assembly
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Have started assembling the craft, and hope to bring it to it’s first race towards the end of June.
Underneath the seat has been filled with bouyancy foam and the final floor added meaning the hull is ready for skirt fitting, although fuel tanks and the lift gearbox mounting still need to be done.
On the top [...]
Rush rush rush!
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Doesnt seem to be enough time to get everything done but we will see!
We have been assembling the duct with its stiffening ring and flow straighteners, which are now on their way to being a complete unit. The honeycomb has come out very stiff and the stators have connected in nicely.
Next all of the attachment [...]
Moving along with the new craft
Monday, February 22nd, 2010First post on the new website, thanks to Chris for doing another amazing job- just upto me to fill it in!
We have been busy, too busy to post anything on here and its only going to get worse as we try to get it ready for the World champs in August!
Here is a pic [...]
Orange Peril Build Update
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Various moulds have been built and foam cores sanded to shape for parts of the thrust duct assembly.
We have managed to find some high quality epoxy resin thanks to MCMC in Bristol and also aerospace grade CF thanks to the University. Over the next few months we will be building and assembling all of [...]
Orange Build update
Monday, November 2nd, 2009The skirts for the new craft will be made at Cameron Balloons in Bristol, the largest hot air balloon manufacturer in the world. Thanks to Nick and the guys there for all their help and letting us use their excellent facilities. Seeing the different materials and techniques used by these guys has also given us [...]
Round 7- Last of the season at Towcester race course
Saturday, September 26th, 2009Before Towcester I had time to give the craft a full once over and managed to change the chipped thrust blades for a set of cleaned, balanced blades.
I wanted to get there ready for practice straight away as this was a new course. The extra time put in was worth it as i managed to [...]