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Originally Posted by pete c
Ken, thanks for the link.Ii did find it and your excellent site.
At first, i was thinking that the suspension fairing was a bit clumsy looking, but, as i watched the video, i decided that it is a beautiful car.
I kind of agree with Frank about direct ICE drive, but, understand your reasoning.
Perhaps there is a way to have both a series and parallel hybrid.
My idea is mount the ICE in the rear so it can have the generator hanging off one side and a clutch out the other side to a direct chain drive to the rear wheel.
Such a system could run just as you have designed and engage the clutch for constant highway cruising. It should add little complexity, weight or cost. I think it would give you a considerable gain in highway cruising mileage.
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Interesting -- same response I had to the suspension fairing. I'd modeled a quite different looking body for the next build, (even before building the POC) but after having built the POC, the shape grew on me, and I started getting a really positive response from other people. It's ironic, in a way, because it is very strongly based on function, and the other design actually had a little "style" but people who have seen both prefer the style of the one I didn't "style". (A WWII vet actually hand wrote me a letter, and said "don't build the ugly duckling" referring to my "styled" version!)
I'll copy this over to the Zing thread, for the technical stuff. I'm fading, so will have to answer tomorrow.