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freebeard · 05-11-2019, 07:42 PM

So the Ecomodder posse assembled for the Open House. I tried to recharge my camera the night before and it died, so no pictures from me.

What did we learn?

Names of the Head of R&D and of Production.
It's not a roll cage it's an [airquote]upper frame]/airquote]. In anticipation of when somebody rolls one and lawyers up.
The battery-box/backbone is steel now instead of aluminum.
Half-doors are because if it looks like a door, people expect a door.
Drag was measured at something like 0.68Cd, but the half-doors brought it down to 0.30. Boat tailing made little difference.

They're having more success with doors, than with a trailer hitch. Prolly because of demand.

I suggested to Mark F. the trick double folding rear seat with an inflatable 8ft long carrot-shape that I could slide in through the back and strap to the back of the driver seat. It would provide a boat tail and reduce buffeting for the driver, or fold up into the pouch on the back of the seat. He seemed to like the idea.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,724 Thanks: 8,154 Thanked 8,936 Times in 7,378 Posts	So the Ecomodder posse assembled for the Open House. I tried to recharge my camera the night before and it died, so no pictures from me. What did we learn? Names of the Head of R&D and of Production. It's not a roll cage it's an [airquote]upper frame]/airquote]. In anticipation of when somebody rolls one and lawyers up. The battery-box/backbone is steel now instead of aluminum. Half-doors are because if it looks like a door, people expect a door. Drag was measured at something like 0.68Cd, but the half-doors brought it down to 0.30. Boat tailing made little difference. They're having more success with doors, than with a trailer hitch. Prolly because of demand. I suggested to Mark F. the trick double folding rear seat with an inflatable 8ft long carrot-shape that I could slide in through the back and strap to the back of the driver seat. It would provide a boat tail and reduce buffeting for the driver, or fold up into the pouch on the back of the seat. He seemed to like the idea. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar --You can't say that is a coincidence.