Aerodynamic streamline template - online tool (view streamlined extension on any car)

[Daox]

Thanks to multiple requests, the aerodynamic streamlining template tool has been moved to Ecomodder's site. It is now accessible via the Tools page.

Thanks to all who have worked on this tool, its great!

[sgtlethargic]

Originally Posted by freebeard

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Where did those drawings come from?

[freebeard]

Most recently Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com - freebeard's Album: aero technical but even though they aren't signed I suspect they're from aerohead's hand originally.

Did you notice they're inconsistent? The plan drawing has a flat tail and the section drawing shows a pointed tail. But it was shown for the underbody treatment.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by sgtlethargic

Where did those drawings come from?

They're working drawings for a future post.
One of the members needed an idea about the plan taper so I went ahead and posted it.
I'm years behind on projects so there's no telling when I'll be able to clean those up.
Since typical production cars begin significant roof taper in advance of the body sides,the roof contour runs way from the plan taper.Which is okay,as the wide truncation leaves us room for plates and lights.
Also,the air along the sides of a car is slower and carries less kinetic energy so we shouldn't expect to support as aggressive a contour their as with the roof.
A 'pure' half-body would have identical top and side curvature,but it would be very wide.

[freebeard]

I just posted this in the Base Drag thread, with more details; but since it's Template-y I thought I drop it here too.

It's a 4-wheel front-drive belly-tank racer, with an air-cooled wet-sumped engine with no internal radiator or cooling ducts.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I just posted this in the Base Drag thread, with more details; but since it's Template-y I thought I drop it here too.

It's a 4-wheel front-drive belly-tank racer, with an air-cooled wet-sumped engine with no internal radiator or cooling ducts.

Very clever! I wish we had more data on exposed wheels.

[freebeard]

Glad you like it, can you find me a sponsor?

I thought about 1/2 a drop tank with a skirt, but it just wouldn't look as right, and with this the geodesic origins can be hidden behind WWI German aircraft hexagonal camo.

It would be a sandwich with top and bottom halves to the shell with a plate of 1/4"carbon fiber or 1" foamed aluminum with the chrome-moly roll cage and suspension pickup points on it sandwiched in between.

It was supposed to have a very efficient 36hp VW engine in front. The blunt nose would mean that the cylinders would be recessed into nostrils—a 10:1 blister inverted into the surface. But today I'm all excited about the Protean Direct Drive in-hub motors. Two of these in the tandem truck in back and you wouldn't need the front engine.

The people that know open wheels are the bicyclists. I believe the trick is flat carbon fiber spokes instead of round wires.

Oh, and I meant dry-sumped engine.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Glad you like it, can you find me a sponsor?

I thought about 1/2 a drop tank with a skirt, but it just wouldn't look as right, and with this the geodesic origins can be hidden behind WWI German aircraft hexagonal camo.

It would be a sandwich with top and bottom halves to the shell with a plate of 1/4"carbon fiber or 1" foamed aluminum with the chrome-moly roll cage and suspension pickup points on it sandwiched in between.

It was supposed to have a very efficient 36hp VW engine in front. The blunt nose would mean that the cylinders would be recessed into nostrils—a 10:1 blister inverted into the surface. But today I'm all excited about the Protean Direct Drive in-hub motors. Two of these in the tandem truck in back and you wouldn't need the front engine.

The people that know open wheels are the bicyclists. I believe the trick is flat carbon fiber spokes instead of round wires.

Oh, and I meant dry-sumped engine.

If you're going to race it they may want 1/8th-inch wall,mild steel tubing.Inch and a half or larger diameter.I think it's in the SCTA rulebook,but you'd want to check.

[freebeard]

If you're going to race it they may want 1/8th-inch wall,mild steel tubing.Inch and a half or larger diameter.

Maybe I should take the idea more seriously. Compared to running a full-bodied car, it has to be [a little] less expensive. Those exotic, expensive materials should be mild steel 1/4" plate as well. Built with the rule book in one hand and a stick welder in the other. The roll cage and drive train is a cost not dependent on the vehicle. So, some laser cut steel and mandrel-bent tubing, 120sq ft of Polymetal, steering wheel, seat, boots... I've got a Type I 5-speed.

If/when I have a model with the big wheels in back for electric motors, little hub-less wheels in front and a windscreen in the nose like the motorhome I did, I'll start a new thread.

[DIMS]

Hmmmm...Much worse than I expected! The second image was just for checking the angle which is dead on, but that does not matter much once there is separation.