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kach22i · 08-09-2016, 10:31 PM

Arkham Knight Batmobile Lamborghini Hybrid | HYPEBEAST

A video in the link will have you scratching your head.

EDIT-1
Could the technology used in the non-rotating wheel covers be adapted into an aerodynamic design?

What I'm thinking is, baby moon like flush and flat wheel covers that do not spin would act like wheel skirts. And without the disadvantageous problems encountered at the front wheels during turns.

Any ideas on how this may work?

Lazy Susan style turntable bearings?

Those tiny outrigger arms must stabilize the wheel cover, prevent it from rotating from gyroscopic forces. Funny, I don't see those arms in the still picture, they must have added them later on.

EDIT-2

The arms are on the rear wheels only, some views looks like a flat plate, other views like an adjustable rod.

08-09-2016, 10:31 PM	#125 (permalink)
kach22i Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 4,158 Thanks: 120 Thanked 2,790 Times in 1,959 Posts	Arkham Knight Batmobile Lamborghini Hybrid \| HYPEBEAST A video in the link will have you scratching your head. EDIT-1 Could the technology used in the non-rotating wheel covers be adapted into an aerodynamic design? What I'm thinking is, baby moon like flush and flat wheel covers that do not spin would act like wheel skirts. And without the disadvantageous problems encountered at the front wheels during turns. Any ideas on how this may work? Lazy Susan style turntable bearings? Those tiny outrigger arms must stabilize the wheel cover, prevent it from rotating from gyroscopic forces. Funny, I don't see those arms in the still picture, they must have added them later on. EDIT-2 The arms are on the rear wheels only, some views looks like a flat plate, other views like an adjustable rod. __________________ George Architect, Artist and Designer of Objects 1977 Porsche 911s Targa 1998 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up truck 1989 Scat II HP Hovercraft Chin Spoiler: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...effective.html Rear Spoiler Pick Up Truck http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...xperiment.html Roof Wing http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...1-a-19525.html Last edited by kach22i; 08-09-2016 at 10:53 PM..