wheel fixed to axle with clearances
Sheet handling bar and downforce wing..... for real speed 
this is for Hillsy and the executive mob at Seabreeze friends in our world 
the pilots seat and i have a hole cut out for a guzzunder, just a lovely outback touch 
The hangman noose or neck traction unit [portable]
never leave home without it, headakes and pain due to compressed
neck vertebrae [old sports injury] we all carry them and they can come
back to bite us. So no medication , when things get real bad, just do
20 minutes like teddy here. weight 2 bottles of water or tins of fruit , or stones
about 3-4 kilos, packs up real small
my injury cost me dearly, invalid at 48 , 20 years ago, severe depression,
lost my marriage to a great woman and disjointed from my children, so you
blokes if you have pain , get it checked out. I knew something was wrong
from about 28, but didn't act, until it attacked me. 2 artificial shoulders later,
and 20 years elapsed has me now in a situation where thru determination
and a bit of mongrel, i have my life under my control . Cause you get into UKULELES
nothing can be bad, or i haven't met one yet, what a mad fun mob,
don't ever give up or in.....fight life like a mad man. Oh yes i am to have a total knee replacement in about 6 mths
sorry, maybe, but i do think it is a construction subject....construction of your skeleton, very important...thanks Teddy
let me get this right your a 68 yo invalid with back and neck problems and severe depression and who is going to have a total knee replacement in about 6 mths
and your about to embark on an outback trek without backup and support?
I hope you have insurance to cover the cost to other people and resources to rescue a fella with a dream
EDITED to remove some of the more insulting phrases. Please keep it civil.
That's ok ricko, you are not me, you can have your say, you don't fraz me.
Some don't have the guts to stand up and be counted. I think you may be a bit or a red neck.
So you tell me where i am going and what you know of that in detail. Your just mouthing off
Don't judge people by your standards. Get A Life . I would have more problem with an avatar like yours.
it could be enough to get you kicked off outback property's. guns are for big dicks or small iqu's
Disabilitys are not an end to life as we know it, unless you are silly enough to play with guns as the blade runner,
Put your money where your mouth is or read on . I've got a grand to say you are very wrong, cover it.
Now should i cry or call you a disability discriminator.......illegal in Australia........
OK the operators stick with return spring
next to make the brake belt
very important, the in situ portable music stand for
Ukulele practice when there is no breeze
Joe we all want you to succeed at this Have you test sailed it?
Please dont leave it till the last minute Allow some time for mods
All the best
Hiko
Hiko tests, well there have been delays, everything has taken longer than expected
it is hard to get trades people to fit ones agenda ...i have to fit theirs, so it's 2 mths behind
but still on time for departure. So actual road testing has to be the area that takes the hit,
saying that and going on previous builds of the same chassis, my instinct says it will do the job required
at this point of time my sails are with the artist and will be for the next, min 3 max 4 weeks while
she does her bit which i am sure will add another dimension to landyachting. I too have to wait, bugger, bugger, bugger
but i am not going to stress, i'm not like that. It dosn't leave a lot of time for road testing. I Know. "questalavi" or something like that.
I am expecting to do a little demo when the sails are finished, for the cameras, and last minute gliches.....best i can doo 
Select to expand quoteHiko said..
Joe we all want you to succeed at this Have you test sailed it?
Please dont leave it till the last minute Allow some time for mods
All the best
Hiko
Hey Gibber, "life" is 1 big test Eh
Yep tp1 your right ..was thinking you be the man to do testing ?
but no I couldn't afford you.....some more shots of brakes posted back the front
this image is just the trim and eye piece to actuator
from memory the orange belt placed over the tempory black spacer belt
black spacer belt so that orange belt has minimal clearance on
drum when lever is at rest / nuteral/ no drag/ not in use
how ive done the end of belt, folded add liquid nails, staple. hold in clamp
48 hrs then holepunch and alloy rivett, should hold
shows belt orange tye down, black old seatbelt [spacer]
timber , length template , when correct length deciede hook over 1/4bolt
and drill required length, add other bolt , then allways be the same for
future replacements
A lady friend whom i affectionately call "The Navel Attache", following my
project turned up with this box of bears, including Yucan Ukuleletoo ........how much can a man bear?
just busting outa the box ready to go inland to where , they don't know
Very Happy....just finished installing l/h brake and static testing 9/10 design, 9/10 function, 9/10 stopability.
hell i'm happy with that. couple of small points of note. lever plate axle to actuator could possibly do with a lite reinforcing,
gusset, there is a smidgion or nano whatsit movement when braking, but that was anticipated in production, it's not immediately needed.
bit of squeezy to fit up one end of brake band belt, but if you have ever worked on landrovers then its a breeze .
my first belt length could be a quarter of an inch or about 6mm shorter. so for the first belts will go with now length but
will shorten for the next two to keep the belts standard as such.
this system is not designed for heavy braking but for the applying of steady increasing pressure, it works wonderfully
So when my next willing visitor turns up I will do a couple of action shots...needs more hands than i have to do.
the actuator levers could be about 8" or 200 mm longer, so will cut a couple of old golfsticks and weld to existing
Thanks Lauky......will have t otherside finished tomorrow....then find a gentle slope and a few
test runs... and maybe a more adventurous one, but rain tipped here tomorrow, may spoil the party,
don't really wish to try straight out with wet brake belts, will leave that for a beach somewhere sometime.
It will not be in contention with my proposed usage, which is for dry times, passage.
Am off now to see the final drawings for my sails, if all Ok painting will progress real soon, hearts pounding, feels good 
got it out and had a test run yesterday, a nice downhill coast, made 60kph easy
and the brakes worked well with 2 exceptions. The actuator levers are too short only one
at a time can be used, so will have to extend them by 300mm, weld on a couple of old golf shafts.
the other thing is that the bracket for the lever needs the reinforcing gusset, there was some movement
that could be felt when applying the brakes.
A problem here with metal wheels. One would expect that a wheel would be perfectly round, but my lathe people inform me
this is not the case. The tolerance on steel hub wheels [pressed & welded] can be significant in engineering terms
so they do tend to wobble a bit when in a lathe. Adjustments by hammer were carried out until a happy median was attained.
but still that little wiggle is [hardly] evident ....one lives and learns
took some pics but had exposure set wrong, just white outs, Oh well it happens!
will be setting up mast and main sail rigging today
well small hill....gotta be happy with that...bit trickey to mount but that's life
thanks to Philip the plumber who stopped and chatted, he also took the photos, good bloke Thank you!
