Joe_Black
09/21/2004, 12:47 PM
It's been brought to my attention that y'all had some questions about my progress with CF production plans. Just as an FYI, I generally don't read any of the posts regarding some of the recent CF vendors just to stay out of things. With that said, here's what's going on:
I've got two pre-fab steel buildings sitting on pallets at my property waiting for assembly. One is 2400 sq. ft. and the other 1800. I've been held up and delayed by hurricanes, excessive rain, well drilling and the power company. Currently the ground is still so saturated the engineer crew can't get their equipment to the building site to spec out my soil and foundation requirements. Since I collect antique Caterpillar crawlers, the shop foundations have to be pretty beefy. In any case, once things dry out a bit construction should proceed at an accelerated pace. Once the shops are complete I'll begin construction on the autoclave for curing the CF and composite components I plan on producing. Since I'm looking at Formula car bodies and wing skins, the unit will be 8 feet in diameter and 12 or 15 feet long. At that point I'll begin prototyping CF accessories for the VX. Nothing will be offered until tested and in stock ready for shipment. For the ram-air induction folk, I've got a mod in the works that looks promising and doesn't change the hood or insert. Pretty much plug-n-play if the component design works out.
So, as I mentioned before, it'll be a while but hopefully worth the wait for those who like quality. ;Do;
I've got two pre-fab steel buildings sitting on pallets at my property waiting for assembly. One is 2400 sq. ft. and the other 1800. I've been held up and delayed by hurricanes, excessive rain, well drilling and the power company. Currently the ground is still so saturated the engineer crew can't get their equipment to the building site to spec out my soil and foundation requirements. Since I collect antique Caterpillar crawlers, the shop foundations have to be pretty beefy. In any case, once things dry out a bit construction should proceed at an accelerated pace. Once the shops are complete I'll begin construction on the autoclave for curing the CF and composite components I plan on producing. Since I'm looking at Formula car bodies and wing skins, the unit will be 8 feet in diameter and 12 or 15 feet long. At that point I'll begin prototyping CF accessories for the VX. Nothing will be offered until tested and in stock ready for shipment. For the ram-air induction folk, I've got a mod in the works that looks promising and doesn't change the hood or insert. Pretty much plug-n-play if the component design works out.
So, as I mentioned before, it'll be a while but hopefully worth the wait for those who like quality. ;Do;