After really looking this over I realized the design is very good in a number of ways. Much like a large airplane wing all the various stresses from the fuselage are pretty much distributed out to the smaller wing tip. This guys were really ahead of their time. Automotive rear axle assemblies in Top Fuel dragsters do pretty much the same thing but in a much narrower length.I had sketched out a rear housing to distribute those high loads both horizontally and vertically but just never took it on. Since I have a roadster design on the CAD screen now I might have to think about completing. Little Boys can still dream!
I believe are correct. Being it looks like a thin wall casting those bolted flanges helpe stiffen the whole assembly. My guess it is probably a steel casting as the axle tube appear to be welded to the small end of that casting. I would really like to see the differential unit and how it is fitted in place. There is a old saying on There Are No New Inventions, Only Reinventions. I firmly believe that when it comes to mechanical designs. I have Automotive book about the deigning of automobiles and various drive systems, suspensiones and other things. My book was copyrighted in 1954 best I remember. Have carried to ever contract job I have worked on. When home it was on the nightstand and I would read through it quite a lot. It is store in a shipping container along with tools, machinery etc. I need to go dig it out as I still play in Autocad on several personal projects and for a few car friends. Better yet I need to find a second copy just incase! Guess we'll see!
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ReplyDeleteAfter really looking this over I realized the design is very good in a number of ways. Much like a large airplane wing all the various stresses from the fuselage are pretty much distributed out to the smaller wing tip. This guys were really ahead of their time. Automotive rear axle assemblies in Top Fuel dragsters do pretty much the same thing but in a much narrower length.I had sketched out a rear housing to distribute those high loads both horizontally and vertically but just never took it on. Since I have a roadster design on the CAD screen now I might have to think about completing. Little Boys can still dream!
ReplyDeleteAside from the aeronautical aspect, what I get also from this is that they really really did not want that thing to leak!
ReplyDeleteI believe are correct. Being it looks like a thin wall casting those bolted flanges helpe stiffen the whole assembly. My guess it is probably a steel casting as the axle tube appear to be welded to the small end of that casting. I would really like to see the differential unit and how it is fitted in place. There is a old saying on There Are No New Inventions, Only Reinventions. I firmly believe that when it comes to mechanical designs. I have Automotive book about the deigning of automobiles and various drive systems, suspensiones and other things. My book was copyrighted in 1954 best I remember. Have carried to ever contract job I have worked on. When home it was on the nightstand and I would read through it quite a lot. It is store in a shipping container along with tools, machinery etc. I need to go dig it out as I still play in Autocad on several personal projects and for a few car friends. Better yet I need to find a second copy just incase! Guess we'll see!
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DeleteHigt Tech Comments embarrass me but then again I do deserve it
ReplyDeleteOhhh...imagine the bill you'd get today for repairs on that. Hours of fun just working on fasteners!
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