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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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Home made, from left over roll cage, mounts almost exactly like the Wolfe mount.




















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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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looks like fun!
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VERY nice Ryan
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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Won't that pull the center tube back if you throw the laundry? I can imagine that there is a fair amount of force when the chute is deployed and the being connected in the center will have lots of leverage to the outside mounts.
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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It looks pretty good.... I would recomend putting a bit more structure in the center. I would also weld the plates to the sheet metal instead of bolting it down. Then agian what could be funnier the a parachute that deploys and then comes un attached from the car with the rear bumper cover? That would be priceless, let me know when you want to test it out and I will video tape on the top end.
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by NWDragRacer
Won't that pull the center tube back if you throw the laundry? I can imagine that there is a fair amount of force when the chute is deployed and the being connected in the center will have lots of leverage to the outside mounts.

Well that is a 1 5/8" .134" wall Roll cage tube. And the bolt that holds the parachute to the to the mount is a 7/16" Grade 5. I'm gonna go out an a limb here and say that if that bar bends the bolt is gonna go first.

There are eight bolts that hold that to the rear of the car, there are only eight ropes that hold the chute...

Eight bolts > Eight nylon ropes


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^^^^lol simple enough.
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Sweet!

I'm getting ready to build one as well. After I get the minitub and cage in of course.
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You gotta get a picture of the first time you pull the chute... Jeff Wagner tells me its like 2 sensations in one race!

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Which 'chute are you going with? I hear the Stroud is supposed to be milder than Simpson or Deist.
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I went with the Simpson chute. It uses a pilot and the price was right. Its really not expected to be used very often...

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Here's what it looks like with the bumper cover installed:











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Cool I will bring mine over now since you have figured it out.
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 12:44 AM
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I like the homemade Job!

If its not too late, see if you can bend the tube slightly. The flange where the Chute Attaches coud be pointed up just abit. It'd be nice to have it launch up slightly and get into the airstream...
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That looks very nice Ryan!
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