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Originally Posted by Blue Bomber Man
LOL Frank, was not my intention. This is exactly why I love posting about stuff like this on these boards. You can toss an idea around and get a lot of different insights to the benefits and complications of a scenario.
After all this talk I've decided to stick with a traditional steering system and will probably just design a part that attaches to the steering system that fills in the wheel wells at the body to smooth airflow.
I might consider making the wheels internal, but probably won't because it would require a larger wheel base/more frontal area. No sense killing the all the benefits of shielding the airflow from the wheels.
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Have you seen the HONDA Dream II solar car? They put the steering wheels on lazy-Susan turntables,mated to double-wishbone suspension,where the wheels turned with their respective fairings.There is no conventional "wheel-house" as in conventional cars.The apparatus is rotated like an outboard motor on a boat.Perhaps a bit of toe-in is provided for "centering".Whatever you do,it's got to be very robust,unbreakable,zero-defect.Too much is riding on it!