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Bollweevil
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Fulshear, Texanistan
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Wheels by Fuchs for the Bloodhound
An interesting article about the problems and difficulty of making the wheels the British Bloodhound will use when attempting to break 1000 MPH for a land speed record. Fuchs has been tasked with casting and forging the rather special aluminum alloy wheels.
Supersonic car gets its superwheels
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03-15-2015, 03:16 AM
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Hell Belcho
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Oz
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Awesome.
This video shows a bit more.. That billet is like play doh in that forge
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03-15-2015, 03:33 AM
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Mad truck operator skills!
Really cool! I was surprised that such an un-automated process was used to position the billet as it was formed. Looking forward to seeing more about this.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: bottom left corner of the world
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Ha, they weren't giving away too much information on their processes.
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