Cita
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 06:40 AM |
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Lowcost,how long?
How long will it take before the lowcost idea will be gone?
I followed the evolution in the homebuilt ultra light aircraft and amateur yacht building and i must say it's scary!
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 08:23 AM |
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never, even if the law changes regarding home built vehicles they will still be used on the track. ps, im gonna build a boat next! seems a great
idea. You read anything about the origami building technique? IIRC its brent swain's idea, on the yahoo forum. might be wrong though...
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 08:37 AM |
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when we run out of seirras it will be bmw,s or go midi/rear engine.
the only thing that will stop us is the numpties and green cotton wool brigade,they tried to ban vehicles over 10 years old about 20 years ago,there
are a lot of peeps fighting our corner and hopefully they will stop these morons from putting us in our identical green eco boxes or worse still a
bus
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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alister667
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 09:20 AM |
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Hmmmm. Locost boat building you say? Is there a book about building a cheap boat anywhere? Any websites you'd recommend?
Cheers
Ali
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 09:28 AM |
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heres a few links:
http://boatdesign.net/
http://boatbuilding.com/content/Terrapin/index.html
http://www.metalboatsociety.com/phpBB2/index.php?sid=34abcc92be9e00f174bff94f7c5a3fde
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/origamiboats/
and one jammy git, whos link ive posted before:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat.htm
non particularily locost, but there are options on metal and wood, so lots of fun and choice. Im gonna start on a 15 odd foot sailing cat.
oh yeah, this too:
http://www.absolutelyfreeplans.com/Boat%20Plans/boat_plans.htm
got that off someone on here.
there are a few chaps on here involved in boats that i know of, i think colin and syd are. they might have some more links etc..
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leto
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 09:47 AM |
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I believe there are two things that gives the true locost a better chance of surviving.
1. The recruiting base is broader, more people have the basic conditions (time, money, space, interest and so on) required to build and use a locost
compared to a ultra light aircraft or a yacht..
2.Forums like this gives the builders an alternative to the forces working towards “hicost”.
Locosts will probably, over time (say 30 years) go the same way as hot rods, there will be a “right” (and very expensive) way to build one. But I hope
the locost-spirit will have survived and moved on to other donors and solutions.
“I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round”. (J. Cash)
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alfasudsprint
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 03:08 PM |
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What do people feel is the 'locost spirit"? For me, its not just saving money, its more like looking for alternative solutions, creative
thinking, and the challenge of something seemingly impossible to most.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 07:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alfasudsprint
What do people feel is the 'locost spirit"? For me, its not just saving money, its more like looking for alternative solutions, creative
thinking, and the challenge of something seemingly impossible to most.
My sentiments exactly!!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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thekafer
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 01:47 AM |
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I've been sounding the "alarmed" on here for a while. What will kill ALL PERFORMANCE CARS is GPS monitoring of all cars. If you
have no control of your cars acceleration and speed what will be the point of having a sports car? My "plan B" is to build an Ibis canard
airplane....
Fletch.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 08:34 PM |
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The local Gas Board has GPS fitted to all its vans, it took the fitter/drivers about 2 days to figure how to manipulate the readings and locations
without opening the box.
I think it will be a total non starter, very unpopular so whoever brought it in would never get re-elected, and the majority would be
'fixed' within days of fitting.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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