Kyle Communications Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Not only happens in China Mark...it happened to me on friday....organised a pickup from Melb of a CNC machine..3 boxes all palletised totalizing 1100 kg . Forklift ready and a guy waiting to load the truck for me at the pickup place. Driver rings my contact.."be there in 30 mins"..driver arrives looks at the boxes then his pickup manifest and says..."oh I will be overweight sorry mate cant pick it up today... you will have to organise another pickup....." Didnt ask my friend if the driver was of chinese extraction though....and of course it was last thing yesterday....I got a very grumpy friend on the end of a very grumpy SMS....so dont feel too special today Mark..your namesake feels special today 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Well 330 or so extrusions arrived this morning, I guess I had better start doing something with it towards the end of the week, still got a bit of factory setting up to do and it's a 4 day weekend here so can't do much til Tuesday about that. Hmm, might not look it, but that's about 2 kms of extrusions, hope it's enough .... I tell, this scamming gig is costing me a pretty penny, I though I was supposed to be raking it in from suckers ... Not only happens in China Mark... Driver stuck his hand out today after delivery expecting to be paid for yesterday's effort ... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 so when do we see a CAD rendering of the skyfork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalph Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I tell, this scamming gig is costing me a pretty penny, I though I was supposed to be raking it in from suckers ... Patience boy! They will come. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Have you sent out the obligatory 10,000 emails a day, offering a stunning deal, too good to miss? Remember, all you need from them, is their bank account details and passwords! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryon Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 and it helps if you tell them you are not Nigerian.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 so when do we see a CAD rendering of the skyfork? Who's paying for that? There is no shiny time wasting expensive rendered 3D to show and I'm not getting it done just to add to the price later, serves no purpose at all. Have you sent out the obligatory 10,000 emails a day, offering a stunning deal, too good to miss? Remember, all you need from them, is their bank account details and passwords! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Patience boy! They will come. WHEN you build it.... or at least, that's what they say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 WHEN you build it.... or at least, that's what they say... Meh, markets are fickle things, I'll build it (starting this week) and who knows what happens from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 [ATTACH=full]42774[/ATTACH] That's inflation for you, he's off to the corner store for a loaf of bread. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Best car plane ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 As I said in my opening post, the purpose currently is to do a proof of concept finding optimizes and develop my system along the way. When you transpose a design from 3D to real world, there are often snags that can't be seen and I have come across one of those immediately, while it does work well in theory, the steel test frames proved that manufacturer's tube tolerances and distortions from welding, make it laborious and unpleasant to achieve a result to match up with the extrusions and takes away that satisfying feeling of achievement. So I spent a few days at the start of the week with 3D in the evenings and at the factory during the day, trying many alternates until the penny dropped and I came up with a winner. The last few days I have been waiting for my new frames which will be ready tomorrow. As soon as I confirm they are all sweet, I'll start posting some pictures to show the paths I'm following. 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Ok, there's a new thread started here for stage 1 of the build .. http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/the-xpb-stage-1-underway.149237/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieB1rd Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Doesn't look very aerodynamic Is the box kite still under patent, oh hang on no diagonals so maybe a new design, can't wait for the kits to hit the shelves I'm good with Bamboo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 I'm good with Bamboo. I would build bamboo planes in a heartbeat, but it's hard enough now convincing "them" of anything different. .. and remember, we have moved to this "Stage 1" thread now ... The XPB Stage 1 underway. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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