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Old 10-18-2015, 05:53 AM   #170 (permalink)
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Well, it will be a couple of days.

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-sorry but i don't understand that:
The teardrop shape has it's widest section ahead of the midpoint. It's generally a 30/70 split. That means you can sort of bury the front suspension, but the body needs to taper before it gets to the rear wheels, which is a problem.

The cardboard armature works. You could also fill the frame with blocks of foam and carve the final shape out of it and leave the foam buried in the body. Big blocks of foam outside the frame with a thin fiberglass skin could make a crushable or ablative safety feature.

You need to decide how many sections the body will be in and how they will attach to the frame. These will determine the details of the form work. Also provisions for repair and maintenance.
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