Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion)

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by kach22i

Maybe it was for a flat radial engine?

Would be perfect for a battery pack ...

[freebeard]

I think I stood next to that one, in a museum in Reno NV (Natl. Auto Museum?)

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by euromodder

Would be perfect for a battery pack ...

Like this?

Hot Wheels Sizzlers Cars - Inner workings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_Y8Ob_QeI

[kach22i]

https://www.proteanelectric.com/protean-drive/#benefits


https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/447...n_tab_contents



http://www.bmwism.com/bmws_designers.htm





https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...ml?oid=9905268



The history of the Mercedes-Benz 540 K Streamliner
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...ZXg9NQ!!&rs=16

[IMG]The Benz “Teardrop” racing car was built in the early 1920s, during a period when Benz & Cie in Mannheim were looking closely at the possibilities presented by aerodynamic design. This racing car, systematically built according to lightweight principles and powered by a two-litre six-cylinder engine, featured a body designed to imitate the aerodynamically perfect shape of a teardrop.[/IMG]

[kach22i]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_77



http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007...c-marvels.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn_H1Gu81ug

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-mo...odynamic-shape



http://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2...eamliners.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DxrN81lS5U

Check out the Abarth in this link, the low silver one.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/streamline-car.html

http://www.deansgarage.com/2012/chry...ystery-solved/


Yep, some of these are re-posts, but it's been a while since we have seen them.

[kach22i]

TEARDROP TRAILER HOLDS ARC-WELDING OUTFIT (Jul, 1937)
Automotive | Modern Mechanix | Page 11

[kach22i]

Waterman Arrowplane: May 1937
https://www.popsci.com/cars/article/...ing-car#page-6


https://www.bentrideronline.com/mess...=125034&page=3


Father of the Teardroppers: Lyman Voelpel’s “Arrow Plane”
http://theoldmotor.com/?p=171888

Based on the aerodynamic advances incorporated into airplane design in the 1920s and early-1930s wealthy Chicago resident Lyman Voelpel commissioned the Hill Auto Body Metal Company of Cincinnati to construct his “Arrow Plane” in 1932.

The unique coachwork was built on a 1932 Ford Model “B” chassis with the four-cylinder powerplant turned around and mounted in the rear.

http://vipcar47.blogspot.com/2013/06...-woodlite.html

[kach22i]

Random TRANSPORTATION pictures - Page 2105 - Pelican Parts Forums

[freebeard]

However, streamlining doesn’t always win in the marketplace. When streamlining conflicts with styling, styling often wins. Today, who would buy a car shaped like this?

Want!

Since we're reposting:






all from https://ecomodder.com/forum/member-f...e+minimum.html

[samwichse]

Sort of in the realm of aerodynamics...

Tatra made a V8 T603 race car, and removed the parasitic load of the cooling fans from the air-cooled engine.

How did they keep it cool, you might ask?


Those big honking exhaust pipes are actually exhaust extractors, basically venturis that act something like the "air multiplier" on those Dyson bladeless desk fans to suck air though the engine. Voila, an extra chunk of HP not used by the cooling system!

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/wybmg98/

I always wondered if someone could run something similar on a air-cooled VW engine.