Projects Shade tree Model A speedster kind of thing

Wow, excited to see your body build. Have given lot of thought to fabric covering. No experience other then looking at WW1 planes. Interested to see how you attach & final covering of fabric. As old drag racer love them super light

 

Lightweight is a major concern. I also just like experimenting, although this isn't really a new idea. There was even a car on here a while back that was fabric covered. I can't find the thread now, but maybe somebody remembers it? It was a little low, single seater (I think, maybe two tiny seats) with a pointy rear end. I think it had a black and yellow paint job, in stripes. Each long panel a contrasting color.

As far as applying it, I think it will have to be glued to the tubing, at least around the perimeters. There are some interesting systems in the aircraft community that I'm looking into. I used to build a lot of tissue covered balsa framed model airplanes, and I think this will be a similar process. Obviously on a larger scale. Ha.

 

Great stuff...thanks for taking time to post it all. Ya know, you're better with the bending tree than I am with proper bending tools....