08-15-2008, 02:41 PM
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Shadetree Engineer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Northern Indiana
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I don't think Volvo 'gets it'. Why'd they bother to put a fairing on the rear wheel when the driver's size 14 Roper boots are on either side of it? Ha ha ha. 
There must be a 4-wheel rule.
Turn any one of them into a tadpole trike with a motor or small engine...then you got something. *sigh*
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08-18-2008, 03:09 AM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Omaha
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trebuchet03
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The ambiguosly gay duo the ambiguiosly gay duo....
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08-18-2008, 06:43 AM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: belgium
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why don't production cars look like wider, upscaled versions of this? sure the'd have more frontal area and perhaps a bit more drag, but they'd have an engine too...
the cars we have today are still build by fitting a practical shape on an existing platform, giveing it an appealing look, and than tweak the edges so it doesn't have to much drag.
let engineers design cars!, and stylists decide what color the seats will be.
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08-18-2008, 07:08 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A.
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just needs the scrotum.
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08-18-2008, 07:10 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A.
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Oh quit thinking and just go back to your Soma.psssssssssssssst,you're not supposed to think!!!!!!!!!!!!
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08-19-2008, 01:08 AM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Santa Cruz, CA.
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Something like that Bently or Mazda is just the ticket. An oversize recumbent trike I got last weekend (Big Red - odd it is named twice!) is begging for some aerodynamic additions! I have to keep it light, so I will try that silver insulation.
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08-19-2008, 05:07 AM
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Modding for Eris
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Perth, West Australia, Australia.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lunarhighway
why don't production cars look like wider, upscaled versions of this? sure the'd have more frontal area and perhaps a bit more drag, but they'd have an engine too...
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VW are putting their 1L/100km experiment into production, I believe. It looks like a larger version of one of the VW cars pictured here.
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Working on my fuel useage... honest.
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08-19-2008, 05:48 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: May 2008
Location: North Texas
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The first time my wife (as a teenager) heard the name Volvo, she wondered...
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08-26-2008, 10:44 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Western Australia
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aussie gravity racer
G'day boys and girls, newbie from Australia. A couple of weekends ago we had a big gravity race (what the locals call a billycart derby) at our most famous racetrack - Mt Panorama Bathurst.
This is the thing I raced there - It was influenced by the XGR cars as you can see...
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The second photo was before the tape was removed from the canopy and the stickers applied. I ran out of time to fabricate a fairing for both the rear axle and the steering arms, but otherwise I think it is relatively aerodynamically clean.
Just took a few more photos of the car in my classroom (i'm a high school teacher) which show off the side profile a little better.
Last edited by wooly; 08-27-2008 at 04:53 AM.
Reason: more photos
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08-27-2008, 09:22 AM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: So. IN.
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09-04-2008, 05:01 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Marana, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wooly
G'day boys and girls, newbie from Australia. A couple of weekends ago we had a big gravity race (what the locals call a billycart derby) at our most famous racetrack - Mt Panorama Bathurst.
This is the thing I raced there - It was influenced by the XGR cars as you can see...
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The second photo was before the tape was removed from the canopy and the stickers applied. I ran out of time to fabricate a fairing for both the rear axle and the steering arms, but otherwise I think it is relatively aerodynamically clean.
Just took a few more photos of the car in my classroom (i'm a high school teacher) which show off the side profile a little better.
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Wooly, do you have any pics with the shell off? I'm curious about the frame, steering, and brakes. |
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10-24-2008, 05:32 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lausanne in Swiss
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About aerodynamic cars.
Hi,
I am sorry to present a document in French, but the pictures speak for itself :
http://inter.action.free.fr/publications/auto-eco.pdf
Be careful, pdf file is 9.38 MB !
Last edited by amidesign; 10-25-2008 at 03:38 AM.
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10-24-2008, 07:08 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Marana, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amidesign
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10-24-2008, 07:45 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Santa Cruz, CA.
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Quote:
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Took a while, but downloaded great! This is the only link that showed exactly what happened to me in a panic stop on my Pod (tadpole) velomobile- front hit the road, back flew up several feet. Great pictures!
Some 3-wheel car plans, some 4-wheel cars, some about aerodynamics, some electrics, ending with velomobiles. Like looking throughout time! Excellent for 3-wheel fanatics like me! |
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10-25-2008, 03:55 AM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lausanne in Swiss
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Some pics.
Last edited by amidesign; 10-25-2008 at 05:13 PM.
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