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Old 10-26-2020, 10:01 PM   #157 (permalink)
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Here's an example of something I'm considering, today.
Ford axles or something other? Buggy springs or torsion bars or air bags?

How do you propose to fabricate the body? Egg crate male form? I think one could cut darts in flat sheets and butt-weld them to pull it into a specified shape without a form.



This design uses a faired-in front axle. I imagined it with Edison2's in wheel-suspension.


https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/a...n2-vlc-4-0.jpg

With a solid front axle and radius arms, it could have corrugated rubber boots. Free-standing front wheels have a big advantage in the 40%-offset front end collision test.
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