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Brian at Hasport Performance:
Not exactly an unusual car at first glance (just a G1 Insight with some aero work), but his has 550HP @ 10,500rpm. He's working on a 950HP version now, trying to set land speed records.
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08-24-2019, 01:10 PM
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Brian at Hasport Performance:
Not exactly an unusual car at first glance (just a G1 Insight with some aero work), but his has 550HP @ 10,500rpm. He's working on a 950HP version now, trying to set land speed records. |
I you haven't seen this,when you do,you'll know why they insist on roll-cages and all the other safety paraphernalia.
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08-25-2019, 09:09 PM
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Saw this one up close and personal, and watched it do loops around a parking lot, yesterday at the Simeone Museum.
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09-09-2019, 01:50 PM
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09-19-2019, 10:40 AM
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09-24-2019, 02:47 PM
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09-24-2019, 03:21 PM
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That new Aptera looks like it might have a lower drag when it was sailing on a crosswind. The wind tunnel data could be extra interesting if well analysed. The last time I crossed Kansas, I'd rather have had a landsailer. It would have done highway speed.
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09-24-2019, 03:28 PM
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It's got Morelli all over it.
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09-24-2019, 04:29 PM
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I wonder if those wheel spats 'n' stuff invalidate the premise of the low-drag form?
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If everything that hangs out is streamlined with equal care, and there are not interference issues, the extra skin drag is the main penalty. More frontal area is often pretty cheap if you can use the volume.
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