10-23-2015, 05:29 PM
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Kach, I'd love to see the pics !
Supposedly, the car had an absolutely phenomenal Cd of .13* !
Have any of you found more info on this cars drag ? I'd love to see a modern day test, but have not come across one yet.
With Aerohead planning a trip to the wind tunnel, perhaps I can build a 1/4 scale model of the car to confirm that Cd .
PM if you like the idea Phil !
*To give some of the new readers here an idea of just how good that a .13 drag coefficient is, consider that this streamliner 'car' has a Cd of .147 ...so pretty close to .15.
The Panhard is listed at .13, with some sources giving a Cd of .12 !
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10-23-2015, 09:39 PM
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Personally, I like this one the best:
And the bus would make a nice motor home.
It looks streetable. I like the cutout for tire clearance on the fender skirt, but it lacks the spat-like contour of the race car. The only other thing is the way the hood cut-line dies into the front wheelwell. |
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10-24-2015, 01:33 PM
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1/4-scale
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Kach, I'd love to see the pics !
Supposedly, the car had an absolutely phenomenal Cd of .13* !
Have any of you found more info on this cars drag ? I'd love to see a modern day test, but have not come across one yet.
With Aerohead planning a trip to the wind tunnel, perhaps I can build a 1/4 scale model of the car to confirm that Cd .
PM if you like the idea Phil !
*To give some of the new readers here an idea of just how good that a .13 drag coefficient is, consider that this streamliner 'car' has a Cd of .147 ...so pretty close to .15.
The Panhard is listed at .13, with some sources giving a Cd of .12 ! |
It's gonna have to be at least 1/3rd-scale to get a critical Reynolds number and correct coefficient.
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10-24-2015, 10:55 PM
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I've got 42" across the roof. At half scale and 3.79 fineness ratio, that would be an 11ft model of a 22ft vehicle, with possibility of a 10% truncation. So that's possible.
Is there any reason to go 1/2 scale instead of 1/3rd?
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10-25-2015, 02:21 PM
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Just saw this one and thought of this thread... the Maybach Exelero.
A one-off designed for high speed tire tests, later sold to a rapper who replaced those lovely aero wheels with some blingy crap.
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10-26-2015, 06:24 PM
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Jcb dieselmax
I looked at my data for the JCB streamliner,and it shows up to Cd 0.17 measured for that car.
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10-29-2015, 12:52 PM
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Slow to load website, well worth the wait.
Don't forget to use your scroll wheel on the very first ( top view) image.
Concept Mission-E Porsche
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I didn't see anything on the coefficient of drag, but I'm guessing it's pretty clean.
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10-29-2015, 02:12 PM
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The running boards open with the doors. 
Porsche are going with an 800v system. Where will they find the fast charging stations. CHAdeMO for instance tops out at 500v. |
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10-29-2015, 05:15 PM
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Looks like Tesla beat them by a few years. But still interesting.
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10-29-2015, 05:25 PM
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1/2 pack...400 volts, alternate pack halves.
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