New build, "the 78 teardrop"

[Danny]

Sorry about the pix being out of alignment..I have decided to paint this tear, maybe red this time around..Red sells well in Nebraska An extra $1000 at least Already have plans to make another with deep forest green top and clear woodie sides..Thinking of using rustoleum oilbased..Danny

[Danny]

Not too much to report except, I finally decided on colors..Dark hunter green for the teardrop and gloss black fenders,tongue, trim etc..all solid colors,no woody this time around.Still waiting on frame,otherwise this would have been done a week ago. Grrr!

[Danny]

Woo-Hoo, Finally have my trailer frame, let the mods begin tomorrow. hopefully tear box and frame will join up by sunday sometime.pix will follow..Yeah!

[Danny]

Okie Dokie(spelling error?) Spelling commies will let me know.. Lets see, Frame together along with lengthened tongue which should afford plenty of space for door/fender situation,always a concern..a few other ancient teardrop secrets to apply(like praying) ,then body meets the frame.. again, coffee break, then back at it.. teardrop time you know...Danny

[Danny]

alright.. Tear is now gently sitting on frame...Nice and high on those 12 inchers..I did not do a Roly and wheel it out with hatch propped open with stick.. ..looks like body will clear the suspension hangers which protrude about 1/2" past the frame...Getting hot and humid so, May take some pix later today...Danny

[parnold]

Hurry, hurry with da pics!!!!

Sounds like you're making good progress!

[Danny]

Hurry, hurry with da pics!!!!

Sounds like you're making good progress!

The pix have been taken...YAY! Wheeled her outside, lots of neighbors.. Took pix(including hidden hatch hinge detail) Waiting to download to daughters laptop,will have some up by this evening

[Danny]

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...Hidden hinge detail

[Danny]

,,,Hidden hinge,hatch closed..

[Danny]

...Hatch....... ..The "78"Tear-Drop....

[Danny]

What is Phi?
Phi ( = 1.618033988749895... ), most often pronounced fi like "fly," is simply an irrational number like pi ( p = 3.14159265358979... ), but one with many unusual mathematical properties. Unlike pi, which is a transcendental number, phi is the solution to a quadratic equation.

Phi is the basis for the Golden Section, Ratio or Mean
The ratio, or proportion, determined by Phi (1.618 ...) was known to the Greeks as the "dividing a line in the extreme and mean ratio" and to Renaissance artists as the "Divine Proportion" It is also called the Golden Section, Golden Ratio and the Golden Mean.

Phi, like Pi, is a ratio defined by a geometric construction
Just as pi (p) is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, phi () is simply the ratio of the line segments that result when a line is divided in one very special and unique way.

Divide a line so that:


the ratio of the length of the entire line (A)
to the length of larger line segment (B)
is the same as

the ratio of the length of the larger line segment (B)
to the length of the smaller line segment (C).


This happens only at the point where:
A is 1.618 ... times B and B is 1.618 ... times C.

Alternatively, C is 0.618... of B and B is 0.618... of A.

Phi with an upper case "P" is 1.618 0339 887 ..., while phi with a lower case "p" is 0.6180339887, the reciprocal of Phi and also Phi minus 1.

http://www.goldennumber.net/neophite.htm .... **by the way,1.6180 x 48 inches=77.664, rounded up to "78" inches..My build is actually 77.875 long....Danny