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Originally Posted by drmiller100
Your assistance is much appreciated, and we all need to remember to be good little sheeple and follow the lead of our socialist friends.
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You tapped this twice - Not entirely sure where politics came into this, but I appreciate your gratitude
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You need to read my other comments, I am happy for people to build these themselves - I really
do look forward to seeing the results. Folks here are a very creative bunch. If you are building one, good luck. Enjoy. I remain unconvinced that this automatically a "better" approach than with 4 wheels - thats all. Not sure how that makes me Stalin or a "sheeple" in one post.
Baah.
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
And the G-Wiz accident is a straw man -- that is a death trap by almost everybody's opinion. It is a NEV, right? Isn't that how it avoided a crash test?
No design is inherently crash-worthy or not crash-worthy. The G-Wiz has 4 wheels, and it is not very good in a crash. The Aptera was designed to be crash-worthy, and it was crash tested, both in a computer, and for real. They did a 35mph front end crash; Steve Fambro will hopefully release the video of this.
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I didn't intend it to be a straw man, it was an example of something which had avoided a crash test due to regulations and that had some consequences. GWizz has gone bust - again.
However you are now saying they (Aptera) did a crash test - which will be good to look at. If you have a link that would be appreciated.
However this was where I got the impression they avoided it:
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Originally Posted by Ken Fry
The real disadvantage to four wheels is that you are then a car, and are playing in a market where a $billion to develop a single new model is standard, and Aptera's 24 million in funding is a rounding error. You can expect to spend millions in crash testing.
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so you can see my confusion, I hope ?
3 wheelers can be fun and can handle well. A 3 wheel 1930s Morgan "Supersport" held the Outright lap record at a circuit in the North of England - light weight and being better round corners than motorcycles gave it the edge. I believe a four wheel Caterham eventually bettered it by having more power and the same weight.
I find this a little like the idea of a rear mounted engine - another favourite idea amongst some ecomodders. I can't help wondering if, like that idea, there isn't a reason why the majority of car makers who adopted that layout switched back to a front mounted engine or went under. Morgan dropped 3 wheelers in 1952 until the new 3 wheeler limited production run, Reliant went back to making sports cars in the 1980s and Bond went bust.
Like I tapped earlier, "comrades"
I wish all those building one the best of luck - may all your winds be tail ones, and may your tyres roll with little resistance.