TBO this wasn't what i'd call cheap or easy...

Cost Tally:
Lexan $60
Braces $100
Arrylic hinges $5
Glue $2
Drill bits $30
Misc $20

Half way thru I had to ask
But all my alternatives we're more expensive Or needed welding skills i don't have

Time tally : at least 15hrs.

But you know i kinda like it

I'm in trouble now............

Nice job.
Show some pics from farther back, please.


KT

....Can I find all that stuff at Home Depot?

You may have to duck into OSH for this one...Seriously.


KT

where didja get those links (the braces)? i have a little project im working on and i need a couple of them. And kudos ont he lexan cutting job. looks very clean.

Thanks!

nice job!

Plastic pieces are available at TAP plastics, got the acrylic glue, lexan drill bits, lexan hinges & core all there.

Spoiler braces we're trickier, searched for days through longacre, & tons of racers places. Finally found ones with full degree of freedom heim joints at www.pitstopusa.com
Their spendy but ironically if you price up the individual parts there in the ballpark. DIY braces goto pegasus.com

Nice work.

I bet it hurt when you drilled holes in that paint, didn't it?

i like how its clear and wont obstruct your rear view... NICE thinking

Yeah Trek i hated drilling the holes. The lexan drill bits are worth their weight in gold, they made part the job ridiculously easy.

Anywho here's the final shots

Now you see me, Now you don't....

looks SOOO BITCHIN!!!

Did you notice...? It is a real optical illusion:

Anyone following you is going to drive off the track.

Pretty cool.


KT

Sort of like Johnathan Jackson's car.

I want that.

When I was out web looking for the parts you used I found lots of rod end and clevis rod ends at: http://www.mcmaster.com

Just use their search engine, type in "rod ends."

Now I dont like my f/g sheridan spoiler... shoot.

Thats sick!

Trev, what are the chances of getting a paper template from you? or has this been trademarked,copywrited, and all around locked away???

Robin

Sure Robin,

I've a styrofoam mock-up & the lexan to make a template. I'l attempt to make a pdf for posting.

Thank You very much Trev. i should have most of the hardware laying around at work,from old projects.....i love Disney audio animatronics!!

Robin

For most AutoX's, does the rear wing/spoiler have to be in a fixed position? or...can it be adjustable on-the-fly(like the old Chapparals).

thinking outside the box!

Robin

I been lookin' at the effin' rulebook & I can't do wings unless I wanna run A Mod
which I don't. Looks like Trevor's plan is as best I can do...to the max height of the rules, of course.

I also can't do mounts like his....but I have a plan

Guy's here's the template i've been promising folks.

Ironcially overlaying the original lexan onto the template taken on the car seems to show two very different contours.

2nd

3rd & final

Uh the picture I posted of the VERY fast FP yellow car is what you can do.
I am pretty sure I can run a wing in XP Just don't have the science to make one work at the relatively low speeds of Autocross.
SM allow wings too.