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Originally Posted by euromodder
I wouldn't mess with wheel fairings or fenders - enclose everything instead.
Vehicle's too short to do proper fairings
You'd still have the suspension parts exposed or need large fairings to cover them
You'd get interference drag between the fairings and body
It's a lot of work to fabricate.
Use the width to make a good underbody design that shields the wheels as much as possible,
diffuser on the rear
streamlined fairing aft of the rider's helmet
Why do you use round-section (motorcycle style) tyres instead of flat/squared section tyres (car-like) - to cope with the camber ?
Seems like a lot of negative camber on the wheels - does it understeer with so little weight up front ?
Maybe more contact area on square-section front tires might do the same ?
Or you could further increase the negative camber further and use dual compound motorcycle / scooter tires with better gripping rubber on their sides
Sort of this
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Hi,
Yes, doing wheel fairings has to be a massive amount of work. i had been trying to do fiberglass parts these days and it's not so easy as it seems.
Maybe i will do the fairings for the next seasson.
the suspension parts that are exposed, i was thinking to do something like this to cover the wishbones:
https://youtu.be/karr67ZYho4 what do you think? it seem to be a fast effective metod.
we use round section tires to have small amounts of rolling resistance, even with massive camber. yes, it understeers at low speeds, but having the center of gravity at the rear give us more potential energy at the top of the track.
this car of your foto is an awesome car! lots of engineering behind him, very interesting, if someone wants to read about it read the book equations of motion.
Another interesting article is this formula sae with the same concept:
http://www.zonagravedad.com/images/C...n_Dynamics.pdf
What do you think about doing a body shape like the one of this car?