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Wings n things.., Track rats with wings..what are you using? |
Mr. Olympic Blue 2 You |
Sep 13 2015, 08:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 7-September 10 From: Puyallup, WA Member No.: 12,150 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I'm working on a track car that will primarily be used for hillclimbs and track events (high speed stuff) with autocross being secondary.
I've been studying and researching aero modifications till I'm dizzy and wondered what options others are using besides the GT racing predator wing? If you have real world experience I'd love to hear what you're using, mounting tips/ pics, and thoughts in general. I'll be running in classes dictated by displacement only, so rules will not be a limiting factor to size, shape etc. Thanks for your time, Andrew |
Mugs914 |
Sep 29 2015, 05:23 PM
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"Hey, yellow IS faster!" Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Temple TEXAS Member No.: 4,452 Region Association: Southwest Region |
It is relatively simple to make whatever you want using readily available foam cores.
There are a lot of outfits out there that cut foam cores (primarily for model planes) either from an airfoil catalog on their website or custom to your specs. Basically take the cores they send and wrap them in a couple of layers of fibreglass or carbon and you are good to go. It is nice in that you can build the mounts into the wing anywhere you want and have thousands of airfoils available. Polyester resins will eat the foam, but lay it up with epoxy and you'll be fine. Try this: http://www.flyingfoam.com/ Flying Foam is the place I use. As an example I just got a main wing and flap 48" wide (a touch wider than a 914 deck lid), and paid less than $50 including the shipping. Now, there is still all of the layup to do, but it will still come in cheaper than most of the available composite wings and is more appropriate to the application. For whatever it may be worth... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) Mugs |
naro914 |
Sep 30 2015, 05:50 AM
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Losing my mind... Group: Members Posts: 2,476 Joined: 26-May 06 From: Charlotte, NC Member No.: 6,073 Region Association: South East States |
It is relatively simple to make whatever you want using readily available foam cores. There are a lot of outfits out there that cut foam cores (primarily for model planes) either from an airfoil catalog on their website or custom to your specs. Basically take the cores they send and wrap them in a couple of layers of fibreglass or carbon and you are good to go. It is nice in that you can build the mounts into the wing anywhere you want and have thousands of airfoils available. Polyester resins will eat the foam, but lay it up with epoxy and you'll be fine. Try this: http://www.flyingfoam.com/ Flying Foam is the place I use. As an example I just got a main wing and flap 48" wide (a touch wider than a 914 deck lid), and paid less than $50 including the shipping. Now, there is still all of the layup to do, but it will still come in cheaper than most of the available composite wings and is more appropriate to the application. For whatever it may be worth... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) Mugs Hey Mugs while I agree one can be made, if you mount the wing way on the ends where the trunk/fender gap is, you REALLY need to strengthen it up so it doesn't bend in the middle. that's what was happening to ours - people following me said it was bending down in the middle big time. We had to put a steel rod inside down the leading edge to keep it from bending. I guess it's generating a lot of downforce, pushing the middle down somehow. In fact, you could push down the middle and bend it without a lot of effort just standing there. If it's mounted closer to the middle maybe it wouldn't happen... |
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