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Basic Buggy & Seat Plans
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Thanks for reading on what looks to be a rainy Sunday.

ATB,
Sam

"One Buggy, One Kite, One Passenger, Top Speeds"
*how do i convience the wife its a good idea to hold on sitting on a very uncomfortable rear axle going 60mph over sandpaper??"

does two people sitting in one seat / one buggy count?

"One Pilot, Single Day, Distance Records"
people who are attending NABX 10' get some sleep Arie is going again for this one. hehehee. doh, its going to be a long long day for me.
PS. how many witnesses do you need?

You have once again helped out us Want2B's. Started bending tubes this morning.
Dave.

Great photos under Buggiers Favorite Photos!

Suggestion to make this a sticky at the top of the buggy subject

^^ Seconded.

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Originally posted by ripsessionkites "One Pilot, Single Day, Distance Records" people who are attending NABX 10' get some sleep Arie is going again for this one. hehehee. doh, its going to be a long long day for me. PS. how many witnesses do you need?

...one or two, and of course your GPS stats, you have the ideal area for this for sure

Another 80 new buggies added to the Home Brews


Home Brews

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Originally posted by popeyethewelder Another 80 new buggies added to the Home Brews Home Brews

# 314 looks comfortable for the passenger ;-)

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Ah, I love the smell of burning flux in the morning

Thanks for the inspiration Popeye. Great site

Hey Popeye, fantastic tutorial! You definetely have mad skills. How likely is it to weld Chromoly using a MIG welder with flux core wire. I Have no skills with TIG, but can throw down a nice bead with MIG. Any thoughts?

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Originally posted by Cheddarhead Hey Popeye, fantastic tutorial! You definetely have mad skills. How likely is it to weld Chromoly using a MIG welder with flux core wire. I Have no skills with TIG, but can throw down a nice bead with MIG. Any thoughts?

Try 70ERS filler wire, I have very little experience with Chromoly, it is about 1.7 times stronger than Mild, but four times the cost.

TIG is the preferred method as you can control the heat and penetration much easier, you get a much better seam and is far easier to weld thin materials

for chrome-moly you would use 80 series wire. I don't understand this chrome -moly thing, several people have asked about it in the last year. Hope you don't think it's gonna be all shiny and stuff. Cause you'll be pissed off when you get mill scale covered pipe that rusts. I know that it is stronger and more malleable, but stainless is WAY stronger, if that is what your after. Like PTW said ,CrMo pipe is very expensive pipe,cause it is a very specialized material. It has the unique property of being able to expand and contract over and over again for many cycles without failure(as long as it is welded properly) It is used alot in boiler systems and racecar rollcages. But for what we do , mild steel will do just fine.
END OF HIJACK sorry

Thanks guys, I really am not to fussy when it comes to what my buggy is made of. It will just be painted or powder coated since I don't live anywhere near salt water and keep things garaged. If chromoly is that much more expensive then its a dead issue. Sorry for the hijack. Best regards.

I know how you guys in the US like plans, well I have found some more for you to enjoy, not too many dims, but they are to scale, so you should be able to work out the rest


Parastorm Mk2 Plans

Grab them while you can, because I had to remove the Libre ones before

That's a nice buggy. Lots of lenth ajustment for us longer guys too.

Really like the triple clamp and the rims.

ATB,
Sam