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Old 04-07-2022, 03:01 PM   #66 (permalink)
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Lightyear one

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Very interesting. Speaking of solar, the other car that’s bringing some inspiration is the light year one solar car. They are saying it’ll be the lowest product car drag value ever. Implying 18 or below. Right now all the are saying it’s well below 20 and won’t confirm the official number. Interesting how they use only half a rear wheel skirt. Half boat tail box cavity thing too. I’m definitely into extending my Ioniq a bit more. Apparently it’s even shorter than your basic Toyota Corolla and even 2 feet shorter than a Tesla model s. Doesn’t make much sense for Hyundai to do that. They could have extended it to a normal car length and got a better drag coefficient and had even more storage room, which is a selling point for the car also.
You're looking at the right stuff!
The Lightyear is Cd 0.20.
It has a 50.4% aft-body.
It's roof contour fits the 1922 Jaray half-body / 1935 FKFS K-form half-body / AST-II 'template.' I've been unable to locate a plan-view image of it.
Again, it's got some of that 'elongation' you'd need to cheat the air outta some $.
Basjoos recommendation for a hitch-mounted tail still stands.
Yearly, HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS will put their light-weight, all-aluminum cargo carrier on sale. It would make a safe, stable mounting platform for a home-built tail. We're planning this for AeroStealth's Chevy BOLT as part of his 'kit.'
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