Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com - View Single Post - What woud be the ,optimum car nose shape given what is known about air curtains, undertrays, etc?e

freebeard · 02-26-2021, 02:45 PM

R. Buckminster Fuller got the number of wheels right.

www.washedashore.com/projects/dymax/pictures.html
Dymaxion #3 posed with Fuller's personal aircraft, a Republic Seabee. An interesting airframe that inspired Sandy Munro's aircraft design.

http://www.bubblemania.fr/dymaxion-c...ner-americain/

Lots of good pix there. The Fuller/Isamu Noguchi model:

http://www.dailyicon.net/2009/02/dym...isamu-noguchi/

02-26-2021, 02:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 26,594 Thanks: 7,489 Thanked 8,289 Times in 6,815 Posts	R. Buckminster Fuller got the number of wheels right. www.washedashore.com/projects/dymax/pictures.html Dymaxion #3 posed with Fuller's personal aircraft, a Republic Seabee. An interesting airframe that inspired Sandy Munro's aircraft design. http://www.bubblemania.fr/dymaxion-c...ner-americain/ Lots of good pix there. The Fuller/Isamu Noguchi model: http://www.dailyicon.net/2009/02/dym...isamu-noguchi/ __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ The best accident is no accident -- Elon Musk