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alga 14th July 2013 09:51 PM

Crashed on the track
 
I've crashed my roadster!

Here's the video: http://youtu.be/V-S0JveBBsw

And here's the result:



From a preliminary inspection, RS1 has buckled beneath the wishbone bracket, and the camber adjuster has sprung a crack at the seam. The fact that all the chassis seams held is very reassuring :-)

Also, due to lack of clearance both the lower outlets of the thermostat housing have broken off on contact with the chassis.

I haven't gotten the roadster back home, but I'll post more photos as I go along fixing it.

Talonmotorsport 14th July 2013 10:33 PM

Does the expression 'oh bollocks' translate at all?
At least the parts will be cheap to replace or fix, well maybe not the rim. :rolleyes:

Davidbolam 14th July 2013 11:39 PM

That looks like quite a large ditch to have at the side of the track! At least you are ok

David

PorkChop 14th July 2013 11:54 PM

Oh dear. At least you seem OK in the video, that's the most important thing.

Stot 15th July 2013 08:40 AM

I'm most impressed with the lack of swearing. I would have turned the air blue!

Cheers
Stot

TheArf 15th July 2013 09:08 AM

Oops its a good job your quicker with your fabrication than your film editing, its only taken 5 1/2 years to post it

Arfon

CTWV50 15th July 2013 09:21 AM

So that's why you need a few bits from me. I'll get them packed and posted today. Looks like the backend lost traction as you came over the top of that hill turn. Glad everyone is ok.

alga 15th July 2013 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheArf (Post 91751)
Oops its a good job your quicker with your fabrication than your film editing, its only taken 5 1/2 years to post it

I have one of those £20 cameras from the bay. It claims to support cards up to 16 GB, and I had a 32 GB one. For some time it appeared to have worked, but then the file system got corrupted. Maybe the impact had something to do with that, as the video stream had a glitch at the moment of the impact. I managed to extract the video from the corrupted card with a forensic tool (scalpel). I didn't get around to playing with the broken card for a couple of days, I thought I didn't have the footage of the accident at all, that's why it took a while.

CTWV50, both rear arches had by then lost pieces of gel coat due to voids in the edges anyway (yay NTS), so I was already contemplating strengthening and repainting them, after the crash it would just take more GRP and body filler. But having structurally sound ones to start with is better. ;-)

David, yes, the track is hideously dangerous, but that's the only one we have in the country.

skov 15th July 2013 01:09 PM

Bad luck Albert. Looks like good fun up until that point!

At least having built the car you're in a good position to be able to fix it without too much trouble!

baz-r 17th July 2013 05:25 PM

good to see your not hurt at least the car fixes quicker :rolleyes: .


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