Just bought myself this on ebay.
Thought it sounded like an interesting read :D :D
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300252967003&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300252967003&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123)
Daz
LOL dont they look dated by todays standards.. ;D
Got the magazine and it's a good 2 page write-up of Adam Harper and his C5. Back then, running 2 motors and 6 batteries, he hit an average of 64mph, with a peak of 75mph :o ;D
Looks very cool with the parachute ;D
Now if only i can get one to go that quick :)
Daz
any chance you can scan it id like to see what sort of c5 mr harper built!
Will try and do it over the next couple of days.
Apart from the parachute, it actually looks like it should. I think he says in the article that it was still 90% original.
Found something else in the mag. In the Archive section ( letters page ), an article from Autocar ( Sinclair on show section ) 26th December 1984 says :
Lotus's project manager, Brian Spooner, discounts the suggestion that C5 is a toy or a plaything. " A lot of people are going to have a lot of fun with it " he says. Stability has been a key factor in the design brief and he says that Lotus staff have driven C5's on two wheels over to an angle of 45 degrees without it falling over.
Daz
Well, I managed to tip mine over fairly easily last Summer!
They were right about people having fun with it though ;D
Too right! LOL! ;D It's a great little beast! Shame the weather's been so bad the last couple of months, I'm having withdrawal symptoms!!