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Old 10-08-2011, 12:14 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Belly Pan Fit & Finish, and Flat & Trueness thoughts

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Originally Posted by AndrewJ View Post
I think that there are plenty of little gaps to prevent CO from becoming much of a concern, elpecially with an "enthusiast" designed bellypan.

With an OEM bellypan I'd be a bit more concerned. I'm sure the fit and finish would be a bit tighter, but look at the Lotus Elise bellypan (there's a thread and everything.) It has NACA ducts in it, no CO buildup there.
I think we all need access to a Z-Corp Hand Scanner type of device, so as to make a support structure that realy is flat - no matter if we use cloroplast, aluminum, or vinyl skins on our pan! It would allow modeling the actual underside of the car, and allow for structure to be designed to fit the actual car's high and low points but still give a straight line flat for the pan!

Scanner Video - in action!.

When used with a 3D Printer - we could get some very fine fitting results worked up, and even make pans and supports for sale to other ecomodders, even if just the scan files or CAD files were made available!

It would be nice to have an EcoModder Group Display - if not at this years EV Fest - then for Next years show! Aero Caps, Belly Pans, EV Conversions, Boat Tails, Front Skirts and Air Damns - to name a few exhibit ideas!
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Last edited by electricman; 10-08-2011 at 12:17 PM.. Reason: Typo fix
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