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Old 03-03-2012, 12:38 PM   #9 (permalink)
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............. a radius on all the vertical surfaces that's >10% of the thickness (of the base) will do more for you than fences.
Great information, can you lead me to a white paper PDF in case I ever need to argue this point?

Beautiful red car in the attachment you made. This exercise I'm going through is almost the opposite in it's brutal and simplistic geometry.

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I did myself a disservice with the original overlays as they did not embrace the unique concept applied in this particular design. With a fresh set of eyes that a good nights sleep brings I offer up these new overlays, of the "canopy only". Gosh darn, the shoe does fit after all, don't it?

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The glue is still drying on the targa roof, hope to do some grinding and sanding Tuesday evening.





I have thought about side winds while proceeding with this concept. My feelings were at the start, that the sides as drawn were 24 inches high. As built around 27 inches high, add 5 inch ground clearance to both dimensions for the above grade height.

Anyway, compare that broadside figure (height x length) to any other road car. Traditional near vertical side windows, stylized sculpting of the side body and accent trim do little to nothing to lessen the actual area the wind catches and can push on. I argue that this catchable wind load area is far less with my 2-part body concept. Mostly because the upper half is so optimized for three dimensional aerodynamics, but the lower half also represents less actual area than in most cars on the road today.

About half the cars on the road today are actually trucks, and trucks and or SUV's make my argument/case even more self evident.

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............. and the way you dimpled the tiny helmets.
You are joking, right? I used old golf balls as helmets (+ Sharpie marker), cleaning them first was the hardest part.




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