AIX at TWS!

[ledfoot2]

Hey guys. The Trans Am is just about ready. We don't have a certified Dyno here in Corpus so I figure I will be running it in AIX at the TWS race. I don't have an annual tech on the car, obviously, so can I get it teched on Friday before the event?
Thanks
Rayman

[GlennCMC70]

NASA normally makes one of the Tech folks available on Friday. also check w/ Al and Todd to see if they can issue new logbooks.

[ledfoot2]

Thanks Glenn. Do you guys have any pictures of window net installs that you particularly liked? I am working on mine right now.
rayman@openarmsagency.org

[GlennCMC70]

i like the spring loaded upper rod set-up.
the lower rear is normally attached to the main hoop.
the lower front to the lower door bar. use light chain and a turnbuckle to allow the front to drop down.

[BryanL]

Mitch should have some input but I think it may be Alan Blaine on Frrax that has a pretty good setup that helps the net fall where it is suppossed to and not interfere with the door.

[michaelmosty]

Please post up net suggestions. The only "quick" exit I have done was Hallett in 2006 and I lost about 2 seconds b/c my net fell b/w my door and interior rail and got hung up.

Any suggestions on a quicker exit is greatly appreciated!!

[mitchntx]

Not my design, but it looks like it would work really well.



See the bungs welded to the vertical tubes of the door bars?


And everything finished



Words from the fabricator, Alan Blaine ...

I have settled on the spring loaded bar on top - I like the compactness of the tabs and that they can be on the outside of the cage, not pointing at the drivers head. I like the big square net 'cause it can be dropped completely out of the way, and doesn't interfere with padding on the top door bar.

It's a Southwest Speed piece - Coleman or IOPort (or Blainefab, I stock them) carries them. I toss the 1/8" x3/4" aluminum bottom bar into the stock pile and replace it with 3/16" x 1" 6061. It gets attached at both ends, and at mid span.