[IamIan]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Seems to me Aptera was making too many rookie mistakes to be taken seriously as an "engineering" company.

As I recall ... they were originally ( Accelerated Composites ) ... a rookie composites company ... so at best they were a rookie composites company taking a shot at changing into a rookie car company.

I personally would have considered taking them seriously if they had stuck to the original small scale production factory that was already setup and producing vehicles.

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

On trikes the heavy end needs to be the same end as the one with two wheels, dah.

It still was ... just not as much as it was before the front wheel drive change from the new management.

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Track width widening is only a band-aid at best for poor longitudinal CG placement; it does nothing to xfer tire load from back to front.

Band-Aid , agreed.

However ... sense the question was about stability , CG is only one component of stability ... band-aid or not , the wider front two wheels is a valid method to improve stability.

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Also I saw no apparent reason to jack it up in the air like a lifted mud truck as both vertical CG and suspension arm angles suffered because of that.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Don't be too in awe of what Aptera did for the body; that was directly lifted from Morelli's work:

Not in Awe at all ... it has nice aerodynamics ... better than my car currently does ... better , than many other vehicles... but not the best ... and still has room for improvement.

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Separate from bad management choices...

The largest area of disappointment for me in the design was in the final weight for a 3 wheeled carbon fiber 2 person car ... 1,800 pounds... I mean come on ... My 3rd party crash tested Aluminum Body Insight is 1,847 ... 47 Lbs ??? that's it?