chance to give me your opion and I may listen

[wideopen231]

I cheated. Its not Mine but had 90% of stuff I drew on first sketch 7 years ago. I can draw side and top view fairly well the 3 d deal not so much plus my engine details sucks. I have to use ruler to get decent piture.I see it in head but hand doesn't do what i see. Heck when making something on mill I can make it but not draw it at time.

About the only real differance in my design and the one here is I had canopy and the nose piece. So kind of cheated using a rendering someone sent me. Oh yes when I draw them the wheels look like crap.

  I have a poster board size one here with side and top views that i want to get copied so I can do some color scheme layouts on.

[wideopen231]

I should have some nose piece pics by weekend.Im pulling mold off plug in hour or so. Im making two molds one with V groove and one w/o it. Figure only about 20 bucks to have both molds.

[GlennLever]

Is FireFly a reference to the show?

[wideopen231]

Glen,

 Have no idea. I posted something on another site and a guy sent me the picture that a english guy did but never built it.Well thats the story I got anyway. Like I said since it was very very close to mine except his art work lot better I kept it and yes stole a idea or two to add to my car when its done.

[GlennLever]

Nothing wrong with that. The idea for my paint  came from the Poison Ivy dragster





Although the idea came from Poison Ivy it is different

[wideopen231]

 cool video I found on doing fiberglass work.

[Dave Koehler]

Opinion: I don't think the rear wing does anything for the rest of the design. Might be good for hanging the chute on though. 
Suggestion: Don't make that top cowl so tight to the engine you can't work on it.

[wideopen231]

Dave,

  I have been thinking on the top cowl part.Was thinking a hinged piece where you see the deflector in from of engine. I am the type whos always working on engine and with pump mounted low with belt drive and poppet or two  at the shut off I will have to have fairly quick access to that area.

      I've been up in the air on wing few times,but I like the look.My first design way back had a wing but was more laid back mounted low and was up and back from cockpit. I hat low wings they hurt when you ram your head into spill plates.Yea been there cpl times.

[wideopen231]

The almost finished nose piece or plug for it.Got mold to go then final products(2 of them) to go more pics in build section.


 By the way wife said it reminds her of the show EVRYBODY LOVES RAYMON where his mom made statue and everybody thought it was part of feamle body.I told her my thought too and had entertained idea of asking her to pose for it.DID NOT GO OVER GOOD!

[wideopen231]

I couldn't go all of the way up to body like pic because of frame work,Not sure about depth looks little deep for tru areodynamic effect. Like that was real reason I orked 4 nights. I also made mold of i9t before cutting notch out just in case.