Black Mirage Build Diary

[Manta22]

Thanks, Jerry-- beaucoup hours is right!

There was a Manta get together at Laguna Seca around 1979. Someone named "Leo" at Manta Cars took this picture:

[Blueovalz]

Thanks, Jerry-- beaucoup hours is right!

There was a Manta get together at Laguna Seca around 1979. Someone named "Leo" at Manta Cars took this picture:

Neil, could you post this photo in another forum as well? Perhaps in the original photos section? I love this photo, but think it will get "lost" in this string for those looking for vintage photos.

Terry

[Manta22]

Terry;

Yes, I will post it and a few others in the original photos section- good suggestion, thanks.

[Manta22]

Sulley;

I had originally planned to route one line back through the right side of the cockpit but now I think I'll route both lines around the inside the left side pod. The right side pod contains my fuel cell so no lines can run through there but the left side pod has only two fire extinguishers hanging from the top cover so the two lines should fit OK.

[Manta22]

Sulley;

The main reason I used the six small fans rather than one large one is that the large fan simply didn't fit. Its shroud was too high to it under the sloping nose of a Mirage. The photo shows how high it was.

The six fans actually covered a larger area of the radiator than the single large fan.

[Manta22]

The side pod fiberglass is not very thick so it is not very stiff along the long cut edges. To prevent oil canning at high speed I thought it would be prudent to stiffen those edges with some of the same 7075-T6 1"x1" 0.065 angle that I used to fabricate the side skirt. They are drilled now and Cleco'ed in place in this photo. I shot some primer on them so I'll need to wait until tomorrow to rivet them on. I left space on each end to install self- ejecting Dzus fasteners.

34 more holes drilled. When someone asks, I think I can say "I built the hole thing."