01-31-2014, 05:00 PM
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Behold the 1933 Bugatti PLM.
Powered by 4 dry sump twin spark 8 cylinder engines with a displacement of 12,750 cubic centimeters each. The same engine powered the Bugatti Royale.
Light (at just 35 tonnes) and aerodynamical, it was capable of speeds up to 192 km/h but used huge amounts of gas, so the French railways repeat orders sported a setup with just 2 engines and more seats.
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01-31-2014, 10:49 PM
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That's the demilitarized version--note the twin 75mm ATCs have their bores blocked.
*Anti-Train Cannon
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02-01-2014, 02:42 AM
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You mean the elegant tusks? those were just sub machine guns compared to the cannon in the top.
A new approach to railways - passenger, meet your destination 
What drew my attention was the brutal one directional approach, forcing the air up, then bending off, with straight sides.
A bullet nose, though harder to construct from sheet metal, would have been very much more aerodynamical, or so it seems - for the front end.
It goes both ways though; the sides are just tapered in slightly, ideal for when it is moving in the other direction?
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02-01-2014, 09:33 AM
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I'm fairly certain those are bumpers.
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02-01-2014, 09:39 AM
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Now drape this shape over, say, a Caterham 160/165 with a tiny Suzuki turbo engine ...
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02-02-2014, 02:47 AM
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I'm fairly certain those are bumpers.
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02-04-2014, 12:24 PM
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Don't know about the "Aero", but they are rounded....
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Reason: Missed a word
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02-04-2014, 01:10 PM
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Some radiussing on the front-to-sides and front-to-top junctions on that Bugatti and he would have had something.
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02-04-2014, 10:05 PM
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I just watched ' (on Netflix)' which is the movie about the first electric motorcycle races on the Isle of Man, and I learned about Cedric Lynch; who invented the Agni electric motor. And he is an ecomodder at heart:
His electric streamliner can cruise at 60mph on ~1.2kW (~2HP) and has a 150 mile range. Cedric is the guy on the right with the bare feet:
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02-06-2014, 02:01 PM
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This is the underside of a Tesla Model S:
Awesome! That is part of how it gets a Cd of 0.24.
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