View Single Post
Old 09-27-2019, 01:58 PM   #3191 (permalink)
freebeard
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 28,943
Thanks: 8,219
Thanked 8,988 Times in 7,425 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankly
No need; simple pivot:
You'll notice the cut-line on the pontoon fender is angled forward. For clearance as it opens. The easy solution wold be to suicide the door, with the handle at the back.

Now this one could work:


But this one is my favorite since it reminds me of the Italdesign Columbus:



____________

Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead
I believe that it was the aerodynamic development for the 1958 Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix race car,which revealed the superior drag advantage of the all-enclosed body,in spite of the larger frontal area.

Auto Union Type C 'Stromlinienwagen' Speed Record Attempt 1938 Bernd Rosemeyer
Check out those skegs.
____________

Imagine your alone at night and drowsy on a dark country backroad and that comes at you out of the gloom.

__________________
.
.
Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster

________________
.
.
Because much of what is in the published literature is nonsense,
and much of what isn’t nonsense is not in the scientific literature.
-- Sabine Hossenfelder

Last edited by freebeard; 09-27-2019 at 02:05 PM..
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to freebeard For This Useful Post:
aerohead (09-27-2019)