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Old 02-25-2018, 01:32 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
This 4-wheel solar car can go highway speeds and has .1Cd. It is raced on public roads in a region complete with foul weather and high winds but I don't know how much interaction the racers have with other traffic.
It needs Wheel spats shaped like a little double-sided plow.

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That orange tired thing has a loooong way to go to be classified as a Morelli shape!
It lacks the reflex curve on top of the nose. Morelli specifies a circular cross-section, this has (or could have) a superelliptic cross-section. Surface development is an issue, like ...putting doors on it.

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Originally Posted by All Darc
Maybe the hope for a affordable electric solar vehicle for families comes from a poor country.
No offennse to USA and Europe people...
The hope, maybe; but the R&D will come from capitalists and the production will come from China.
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