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aerohead · 06-13-2009, 01:33 PM

Ptero,the weight looks real good.Frontal area is that of a CIVIC.I'd guess in the neighborhood of Cd 0.40.-------- If you have a chance,get to a public scale and weigh the Wildfire with only its front wheel on the scale.I like Vetter's idea of the tail.We need to have a sense of where the center of gravity is for stability.If you get popped by a strong sidewind gust,you want the car to weathervane,turning the car into the wind,cancelling the yawing-moment,not pushing the nose around where the side catches even more air,causing you to go out of control.You might be able to use a bathroom scale,one wheel at a time.---- If she were mine,I'd mount the seat as close to the floor as I could and cut as much roof and sides away as possible,substituting a bubble canopy with DOT approved laminated safety glass and working windshield wiper in front of your face.Looks like a really fun project!-- Keep it brightly colored as visibility will be an issue with Ken and Barbie out there driving near you.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,267 Thanks: 24,392 Thanked 7,360 Times in 4,760 Posts	Wildfire Ptero,the weight looks real good.Frontal area is that of a CIVIC.I'd guess in the neighborhood of Cd 0.40.-------- If you have a chance,get to a public scale and weigh the Wildfire with only its front wheel on the scale.I like Vetter's idea of the tail.We need to have a sense of where the center of gravity is for stability.If you get popped by a strong sidewind gust,you want the car to weathervane,turning the car into the wind,cancelling the yawing-moment,not pushing the nose around where the side catches even more air,causing you to go out of control.You might be able to use a bathroom scale,one wheel at a time.---- If she were mine,I'd mount the seat as close to the floor as I could and cut as much roof and sides away as possible,substituting a bubble canopy with DOT approved laminated safety glass and working windshield wiper in front of your face.Looks like a really fun project!-- Keep it brightly colored as visibility will be an issue with Ken and Barbie out there driving near you.