Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat
05-09-2010 | 05:57 PM
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here was a good thing about that place the Acetone was costly and hard to get so I built a couple of these with parts from a hot water tank. This simple recovery system used the natural heat cycle to circulate cooling water through the condenser. In the background we were Building a Aluminum race trailer I worked out a Profile and had the Beams extruded.
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05-09-2010 | 05:59 PM
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Here is the recovered Acetone we got back 60-70% evaporation plays a large role here on the loss and the crew was taught to keep the containers covered and run two batches a day,It had a good flow.
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05-09-2010 | 06:02 PM
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Back to the Raceboat we carried everything up to the second floor including the Engines rigged and started it,Then had the roof opened and Hoisted it out with a Crane the national race was upon us by this time, we won btw Nice prizes .The photo is the canard I cut and shaped them on a table saw and covered with 8 pieces of 5.6 oz surf board cloth and 12 layers around the control shaft feathered out into the surface.
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05-09-2010 | 06:04 PM
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I flew the seats in from California, We built everything around the throttle man the driver got the wheel a compass and control stick for the canards to give him something to do.
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05-09-2010 | 06:06 PM
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Dash board and the white lever in front is the stick if the linkage ever failed the control surfaces would just assume a harmless neutral position in the airflow.The rear half of the fairing had the hatch on it as well with a single aircraft pull pin retaining it.
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05-09-2010 | 06:10 PM
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Seats were Mastercraft. I do not know who owns them now, back when we were using them a Chick owned it her father started the company and left it to her, she was a nice lady to deal with we had all their fabric samples , there was no other seat to even consider.
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05-09-2010 | 06:12 PM
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Here we are starting to play with the cowlings a two piece mold was made and the brick looking things were changed. that rear panel is over the battery and the fairing needs cleaned up and clear coated.
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05-09-2010 | 06:16 PM
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We carpeted the interior for the boss I wanted to give him something different and had plenty of room in the weight dept.
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