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Old 10-10-2020, 10:03 AM   #3581 (permalink)
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316 SS much better still

Aircraft tend to use 2024 in structural, bunches higher in tensile IIRC. 6061 is used because unlike 2024, it welds easily and casts better bends tighter.

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Old 10-13-2020, 08:45 AM   #3582 (permalink)
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Old 10-14-2020, 08:37 AM   #3583 (permalink)
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Looks like first gen civic hybrid wheels, and matching headlights. So I'm guessing that was the base vehicle?

Also the first time I've seen fender skirts on the front wheels, but not the rear.
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justacarguy.blogspot.com: a new, quarterly, English-language, 96-page motoring history magazine, titled Rare & Unique Vehicles... a magazine for those who like the unusual, is being proposed. The publisher needs to collect 400 subscribers in order to launch the magazine.
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Sure, center the cabin over one axle instead of between them.
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It's got a wickerbill on the diffuser. He estimates body stiffness by how cracks propagate in the windshield.
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It doesn't look at all practical as a delivery vehicle, but it's a worthy successor to the Art-Deco trucks of the 1930s.
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I wouldn't fancy driving that delivery vehicle over a windy bridge, you would hope it has a low centre of mass so it doesn't tip over.

That VW has a gurney flap on the diffuser, is that for diffuser function or air flowing over the top of the diffuser? Has anyone seen any evidence for this or heard of it before?
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I wouldn't fancy driving that delivery vehicle over a windy bridge, you would hope it has a low centre of mass so it doesn't tip over.

That VW has a gurney flap on the diffuser, is that for diffuser function or air flowing over the top of the diffuser? Has anyone seen any evidence for this or heard of it before?
The location of mass does not matter for a just a crosswind, only the total. This shape looks as if it might have less drag in a crosswind, working as a sail. For real benefits, though, the sail has to be able to spill wind if overturning is imminent for any reason. With a bit more activity, it should be able to resist cornering forces directly instead of through downforce.

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