Recent content by Endless Craig

Yo @solarEbike, a question about winds: I understand that out on your test rides, there have been instances where cross-wind was a real and genuine problem for you. Was that wind from nature, or passing vehicles, or both?

I do believe that this same "keying" function is served by that DragonPlate connector style that you already discovered, with that jagged circular pattern in it. That plus some LocTite and you're way past what I was dumbly attempting by just over-tightening the screw until I pulled out the...

Holy smokes man just look at you. Note that I'm not surprised they don't add much 45/45 weave in those tubes, because if they're in a truss-type situation, then the tube elements are back into axial loads, and not torsion, so 90/0 is all they need. So you're kind'of a special case, and I think...

Oh crap look at that. I had no idea. Didn't have those back in my day of 2017. So yes, that'll help to some degree. "Enough?" Don't know. But obviously some. My shortcoming is that I have a good qualitative sense for these things, but not a good quantitative sense. So my stuff always...

Also: Thank you for the lead on your solar panel: Sunman eArc Light Weight Solar Panel 12v (185W) If you don't mind me asking, this implies that you elected to not use any of the many panels from the Custom Marine Products people: - Highest Efficiency And Best Flexible, Rigid, And Semi-Rigid...

Greetings @EwanC. Bravo to you. If you'll indulge me, I have a few mid-witted comments, and then a couple questions: 1: I have personal experience with those DragonPlate tube connectors. Their method of adding attachment points to the end of a carbon fiber tube is amazing. The fitting, the...