Dry Lakes Racers Australia

Nevco are we talking about the same aerodrome ? this needs to be estabilished first ,so we can work out who to contact
yes get as much info as possible

Firstly jackson aerodrome is no where near Jackson Qld ,google earth ,type in jackson aerodrome queensland , its located right in the border area of NSW/Qld/SA its on a property called durham downs Qld 4480 just off Innainka rd,its not listed as a registered aerodrome ,is sealed but looks quite a bi...

some of us are trying to get permission to use this aerodrome Cooma , m It is at present not used and with run off's each end its almost 2.5 kms long Im going to contact my local member to see if he can put me in toucg with its owner snowy mountains airport corp ( privatly owned ) cheers gary

my information says its a registered aerodrome casa cert # 1-6GBM and airservices australia has this information
sealed runway 1800mtrs X 30 mtrs dirt runway 919mtrs x 30 mtrs
here are all registered runways in Aus
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/pub ... rtsTOC.htm
cheers
gary

that is very good news for several reasons , barring anymore rain the lakes a goer, if the bloodhound team act fast enough it could be enough to sway a decision our way ?? and if they infact do use Gairdner for the attempt I also will be there to drool as well , very exciting news indeed cheers gary

Googes you senile old fart ,some times you can be so wrong and some times so right the weights should read LB's not KG's thats the right part , the pic is only there to show an example of a 2F1R wheel layout ,under no circumstances would this old fart concider laying down face first I will be in a s...

thanks all for your ideas at present I have the steering setup off a Quad heavy duty farm type , but to my untraind eye it looks a bit on the not strong enough side ( GOOD ENGINEERING TERM ),no idea about the geometry ( yes get a book on car stuff ) ,Ill check out the stuff as I come across it ,as f...

thanks Chris,basically Im designing a streamliner which is a bit of an odd ball ,and thats as far as it goes "design" cause that costs nothing which is what my finances at present can tolerate ,so far Im leaning toward a chassis thats a hybrid backbone/spaceframe, uneven A arm (wishbone?) ...

righto you car type blokes ,I need some advice ,im after the smallest ,most compact ,front steering ,suspension package , which type and on what car would I find this , must have 15" wheels also, or any sugestions for steering /suspension suitable for a streamliner
cheers
gary

mmmmm handles well does it Tiny hope to see you and the beast on the salt soon
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I have put together some figures to demonstrate that at least for motorcycles ,traction is by far our greatest challenge ( with the existing rules ) ,also for comparison I have added some figures for a roadster which has a similar Cd to a P/S bike ,both rely almost exclusivly on brute HP for top spe...

All we need now is a venue nice one big fella

Bob , cubic dollars to make that thing go fast ,and a very big bucket of raw HP ,jeez you car blokes ,your a strange breed best of luck with the build bloke
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sad news indeed RIP

Thanks for that Rocky , sam is another of a very short list of blokes that truely inspire me , as posted elsewhere surly a david amoung the golioths
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gary