The buggy is now all apart.


Next up is paint, stay tuned.

Nice job
Can't wait to see it painted and assembled
Wildwood will be here in no time!

Hey all,

I am back from a long time out. Last thing I posted was the buggy was ready for paint. So I took all the parts to my shop at work and it sat there for a while. Now a few weeks ago I finally did paint it.

This is the primer coat. Also, made a template for the seat.



I then painted it black and took it back home.

Now in my garage I started the fabric work. This is how far I am now.

Here are the fabrics used...
Rail covers and fork bumpers are done.
The seat is in progress.






The top of the seat is done... Next up is the bottom of the seat.

Beautiful work!

Fantastic work as always Jack .

Very impressed! Those wide tyres make it bad to the bone. Don't leave us hanging though. We need a video.

Yup, video is mandatory!!

Toptip: use transparent kitchen foil under the sidebar covers so any water won't soak the isolation u used on the sidebars.
But it looks REALLLY good!!

Thanks all for the kind words.

As for the video.... I hope to have this thing done, well at least done enough to ride, in a few weeks. I am planing on getting to the Wildwood Buggy Bash and hope to give this thing its maiden voyage.

As for the video I do not have a camera to mount to the buggy. But, maybe some one at the bash would record for me. Or maybe I could use a phone holder and just record with my phone. One day I hope to get a camera and a camera mount on the buggy but it is not going to happen for the spring bash. But, I will look in to it.

Quote: Originally posted by jantie

Yup, video is mandatory!! Toptip: use transparent kitchen foil under the sidebar covers so any water won't soak the isolation u used on the sidebars. But it looks REALLLY good!!

Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try.

Here is the bottom part of the seat...



Later today I hope to put the two parts together and the seat will be complete. Then the Bag and the Fender. And maybe a phone mount, maybe.

looks proffesionally good!!!

Put some time in this weekend. Here is the rest of the seat.



With a complete seat my test pilot leaps into action.

Here I finished the bag and installed.
The bag has space to hold 3 kites plus some extras (6.5M, 5M, and 4M)

Here is a Driveway test run!

My son recorded it with his phone.

https://youtu.be/YWIirCEzwm0[/youtube

Looks like another sweet ride Jack . Although your test pilot seemed to look a little concerned

Nice work!

I'm curious about the handling when pulled by a kite.
The length of the buggy in comparison with yours as can be guessed on the video I would say you're gonna experience understeer..
Especially when your loading the 'trunS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-...

My buggy needed to be extended at the rear because I had a 14 kg weightloss. The extension are 5.5 inch and that made a difference between oversteer and balanced.

When is the first testrun scheduled?

Quote: Originally posted by kteguru

Looks like another sweet ride Jack . Although your test pilot seemed to look a little concerned Nice work!

Hey Dean, I think he herd about the wheel coming loose on my other buggy at Nahant. I tried to tell him that was not going to be a problem but he insisted that I go first.

See you next week.

Quote: Originally posted by jantie

I'm curious about the handling when pulled by a kite. The length of the buggy in comparison with yours as can be guessed on the video I would say you're gonna experience understeer.. Especially when your loading the 'trunS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-... My buggy needed to be extended at the rear because I had a 14 kg weightloss. The extension are 5.5 inch and that made a difference between oversteer and balanced. When is the first testrun scheduled?

Hi Jantie, I am curious about the same things... I have some adjustment in the front, about 100mm, and actually do need to move it forward some maybe fifty. Also the seat can move forward or back about 50-75 mm. I don't really know how it will work out.. just taking a guess.

But the good news is I plan on going to the Wildwood Buggy Bash next week and then I think I will have a good idea of how the buggy will behave. Also, there are great pilots there with a lot more experience and knowledge then me, and they are good at helping and explaining the why and the how.

I am really excited about getting it out on the beach.

Oh and I did get that cam so hopefully I will have some videos to share.

Here is the completed buggy at Wildwood



It handled good.. We did not have great wind conditions, mostly off shore and gusty.

Being an inexperienced flyer I stayed on the conservative side and had to walk back a few times.

Overall it was good.

In a few weeks I plan on attending the JIBE, hoping for on shore wind to really get a good feel for how this rides.

Jack looking forward to seeing you at JIBE.

Hi Brian,
Looking forward to it!
We plan on getting there Monday afternoon.
See you there!

Jack, I was very impressed with your build. What a great looking ride! Amazing work of art!

Thanks Mark, It was good to see you man.