MikeR
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 12:29 PM |
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kiting buggy - steel weight
Sort of got into flying big kites a little. Friend has an expensive buggy and i'm thinking i can do that for a lot less than 250 quid.
So, what is the weight of mild and stainless steel? I'm thinking of making it out of either .8mm, 1 or 1.2mm depending on weight.
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3GEComponents
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 12:34 PM |
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Try here mike
http://mdmetric.com/tech/calcweightmetric.htm
Sorry, a complete spaz, can't do the link thing.
John
Oh, i see it's done it! Now looking like a complete mong
[Edited on 8/8/06 by jroberts]
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MikeR
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 12:43 PM |
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turns out metal supermaket don't go thinner than 1.5mm .........
so its now change the size to either 7/8 or 3/4" at 1.5mm
hmmmmm.
Thanks for the link
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Alan_Thomas
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 01:10 PM |
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I made one of these to a plan off the web using the remains of some 3/4" 16swg pipe I had left over from the locost, the headstock came from an
old bike, some old cargo netting for the seat and I bought the correct 'sand' wheels from a kite shop. The wheels were the only cost at
about £60.
Goes as well as a £250 buggy!
- Alan
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 02:03 PM |
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im intrested in making one of theas however have never been abol to find wheels at a good price.
blake
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MikeR
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 03:45 PM |
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Kite shops sell the wheels at 15 pounds a go now..........
still not as cheap as i'd like - plenty of places sell industrial pnuematic wheels ..........
sure i can see an opportunity here 
Where did you get the plans from? One of the key design consideration is making it foldable (almost wrote colapsable - but realised the implication
). Got a good idea at the moment. For the headstock i was thinking of just using some tube and a bit of plastic as a bearing surface.
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3GEComponents
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 06:01 PM |
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Mike, if you want any tubing bent to shape!
Let me know.
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MikeR
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 06:18 PM |
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will do - hoping to make it simple tho. Depending on the frame design it should be a combination of bolt and weld for fixed bits and push fit for
others (apart from one bolt!)
Respond to your email in a bit.
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MikeR
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| posted on 9/8/06 at 12:41 PM |
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ideas coming along nicely - need pnumatic tyres now tho .... time for another thread i think
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