Thread: 1940 Ford Pickup
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06-07-2016 01:21 PM #766
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It's really coming together!Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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07-19-2016 07:25 PM #767
Well here's a update , nothing new on the truck but the plane is getting its covering now. Here's 2 pic's of it just before we took it apart for covering.Last edited by Navy7797; 01-16-2021 at 08:11 PM.
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07-19-2016 07:43 PM #768
That is just plain cool! Thanks for posting the pictures. They are very special for those of us who don't get to play in arenas like that.Roger
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07-19-2016 09:49 PM #769
Looking at those pictures made me realise the delicate balance the engineer that designed it faced.
He had to make it as light as possible at the rear so that the rear would lift easily to get it airborne; but not so light that it was in danger of digging its nose in the dirt when landing.
Hence the placement of the axle braces.
There were some clever people out there 'back in the day'.
There still are some out there even now.
Thanks for that Navy.johnboy
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'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
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07-19-2016 09:56 PM #770
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That is very nice Navy! Thanks for posting the pictures. It looks so nice like that!Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
Tire Sizes
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07-19-2016 11:20 PM #771
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07-19-2016 11:41 PM #772
Yeah, that's something I'd never thought about before either.
If you think about it; if you mucked up CG and CL the plane would want to cartwheel.
Scary!
I've never really looked hard at aircraft before.
Everything I've dealt with has had either tracks or wheels and just had to sit on the ground.
This is an entirely new train of thought.johnboy
Mountain man. (Retired.)
Some mistakes are too much fun to be made only once.
I don't know everything about anything, and I don't know anything about lots of things.
'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
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07-20-2016 08:25 AM #773
Good work Navy---
Adding to the comments about the center of gravity and center of lift-------with todays swept back wings (and folding) the CG changes drasticly from back to front with fuel burn plus the amount of upward flex of the wing from on the ground to in the air--next time you fly a long range flight ( 3-4+ hours ) try to get a window seat where you can see the wing tip----------
The movable horizontal stabilizer was a wonderful advancement
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07-20-2016 08:36 AM #774
It was my understanding that planes carried the fuel in the wings, with the tanks centered over the CG so that fuel levels don't alter the CG..
Education is expensive. Keep that in mind, and you'll never be terribly upset when a project goes awry.
EG
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07-20-2016 08:56 AM #775
Beautiful work Navy. Really enjoy this side thread. I've debated sharing my new house projects on a new thread if there was interest, but haven't to date as there is nothing mechanical going on at my home. Now your plane project is very mechanical and fits right in with a lot of people's interest here! Please keep us updated! Thanks." "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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07-20-2016 10:21 AM #776
that's what they tried to do but with the shape of the wings-and the upper being more forward than the lower, it is virtually impossible to have a fuel tank shape/location that fits the aircraft shape and stays cg neutral-----as you change the pitch in flight the fuel runs forward/backward causing CG change-the non fluid stay the same --------
As I was saying-SWEPT WING---The wings taper back from the fuselage quite a biy and as fuel levels are burnt down during the flight the CG goes forward a lot.
Also some long range a/c carry fuel in the vertical stabilizer and it has to be burnt at a certain time into flight ---adding to the CG change is also the structural loadings that require a portion of the fuel load be burnt out of the forward/inner tanks to reduce leverage load on the wing tips-gets complicated-I'll try to look to see if I can find some DC10 manuals on the timing of the burn, I may have some B767 but they were simple compared to the DC10 with one tail mounted engine plus the wings
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08-22-2016 07:28 PM #777
40 Ford update ?
Here's some pic's of whats been done lately.
door latches, bear claw typeLast edited by Navy7797; 01-16-2021 at 08:11 PM.
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08-22-2016 07:33 PM #778
more 40 door pic's
[Last edited by Navy7797; 01-16-2021 at 08:11 PM.
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08-23-2016 10:22 AM #779
Nice work. Alot of adaptation to fit the space." "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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08-24-2016 07:44 PM #780
just a few pics of aircraft parts. covers for the bungee cords that hold the axle to the struts.
[Last edited by Navy7797; 01-16-2021 at 08:12 PM.
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