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Old 02-18-2010, 01:20 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US)

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So are you going to try the calculator?

Can you explain how this vehicle will get 2x-3x the economy of the donor car- "57" x 2 = 114mpg, to x 3 = 171mpg?

This has been incubating for years. Howcome you passed up the perfect fund-raising opportunity, that of winning $10,000,000 from the X-Prize contest?

How was the frontal area measured?

To get that far in the chassis/shell development you must have done cg/weight estimations/calcs (especially for a trike!) - can you share?

Why would you put so much added complexity into a power master cylinder for such a light vehicle? Stick a non-power boosted m. cyl. in there and toss the linkage and complexity.

I have the impression the fuel tank goes in the far rear. Is that so? How big a tank? How heavy? Have the effects of having that weight on the single-wheel end been estimated?

What aerodynamic development has been done? CFD? Tunnel test? Road tuft test? Smoke test? Eyeball it test?

Why go to plug and mold when there has been no proof of concept? If a prototype is built first then changes can be made and performances quantified. If you have been around cars as long as you say you know it would be the height of naivety to think it was so perfect the first time that no changes would be made!

Why would it need to be modular? Regular production cars can be modded to be gas, diesel, electric, hybrid... whatever without being modular.

I want to know more about the radial steam engine. Sourced? Scratch built? Fueled by what?
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