Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion) - Page 328 - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

redneck · 10-27-2019, 10:51 PM

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More UFO cars here.

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/...-anderson-ufo/

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redneck · 10-27-2019, 10:53 PM

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And...

freebeard · 10-27-2019, 11:33 PM

Finding Strakers Car/

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I was very lucky to have a friendship with Derek that lasted until the day he died... I talked a lot to him about Straker’s car and how he designed it. He told me that although it was a pig to drive, being built on top of a ford zodiac, he was really pleased with the way it looked and he was very fond of the design. This only fueled my burning passion to own it. But it had disappeared from the face of the earth.
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Our plan now is to have the cast fiberglass shell scanned so that Edd can put right all of the discrepancies in the cast and make the bodywork symmetrical, (something the original car never was and even less so now). We then will have a perfect body laser cut in foam and we’ll make a new mould from that. It is our intention to fit the car with a gas turbine engine which could run on eco fuel, it will go like a rocket, sound the way it did in the show and have an actual turbine engine as was depicted in the show.

More pictures here: The Petrol Stop: Commander Strakers UFO Car

kach22i · 10-29-2019, 08:21 PM

The truck looks a bit like what I was sketching a few years ago, but I had a 5-10 degree retreating slope on the roof and cab sides as well (some schemes had retractable box cavity baffles).

November 4, 2018
https://www.techspot.com/news/77244-...-electric.html

NeilBlanchard · 10-30-2019, 01:57 PM

Lightyear One has a Cd under 0.20

freebeard · 10-30-2019, 05:09 PM

But the CdA will be [larger?/greater?] than the XL-1.

NeilBlanchard · 11-01-2019, 01:56 PM

The VW XL1 seats two people, while the Lightyear One seats five. So the CdA / person is much better.

Bicycle Bob · 11-01-2019, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

The VW XL1 seats two people, while the Lightyear One seats five. So the CdA / person is much better.

That's true, but how often do you see five heads in one car? When it happens, it seems to be in old clunkers more often, too.

freebeard · 11-01-2019, 03:40 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVi9XC-b7rI

Mazda MX-30
Lexus LX-30
Mitsubishi MI-Tech
Isuzu FLR
Toyota e-RACER

kach22i · 11-03-2019, 12:52 AM

Turbine trucks? 50 years ago, we got behind the wheel
https://www.fleetowner.com/fleetowne...t-behind-wheel

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<p>From our Nov. 1964 issue is this photo of General Motors' Bison heavy truck concept. No, that's not a sleeper space behind the cab, it's a pod designed to house two turbine engines producing a total of 1,000 hp.! </p>

https://www.fleetowner.com/fleetowne...t-behind-wheel

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Associate Editor Jack Lyndall shown in "captain's seat" of Ford Gas Turbine Truck. Aircraft-type fog lamps are lower set. Aerodynamic skirts were added to standard 40-ft. trailers. (Click photo to enlarge)

Hyundai rolls into US truck market with NEPTUNE fuel cell concept
Kevin Jones | Nov 01, 2019
https://www.fleetowner.com/technolog...l-cell-concept

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“Again, this truck is designed to earn money and not for marketing purpose,” he continued, and he explained the reason customers want the fuel cell truck rather than a battery-electric vehicle. “First is the refueling time which is obviously much faster for fuel cell vehicles compared to battery—so 15 minutes is an acceptable time for that. But what’s probably even more important is the higher drive range, the higher payload and lower cost.”

https://www.fleetowner.com/technolog...allery?slide=9

Downloadable PDF from 2007
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=...AAAAAdAAAAABAy

10-29-2019, 08:21 PM	#3274 (permalink)
kach22i Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 4,179 Thanks: 127 Thanked 2,802 Times in 1,968 Posts	The truck looks a bit like what I was sketching a few years ago, but I had a 5-10 degree retreating slope on the roof and cab sides as well (some schemes had retractable box cavity baffles). November 4, 2018 https://www.techspot.com/news/77244-...-electric.html __________________ George Architect, Artist and Designer of Objects 2012 Infiniti G37X Coupe 1977 Porsche 911s Targa 1998 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up truck 1989 Scat II HP Hovercraft You cannot sell aerodynamics in a can............

10-30-2019, 01:57 PM	#3275 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maynard, MA Eaarth Posts: 7,907 Mica Blue - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0 Team Toyota 90 day: 42.48 mpg (US) Forest - '15 Nissan Leaf S Team Nissan 90 day: 156.46 mpg (US) Number 7 - '15 VW e-Golf SEL TEAM VW AUDI Group 90 day: 155.81 mpg (US) Thanks: 3,475 Thanked 2,950 Times in 1,844 Posts	Lightyear One has a Cd under 0.20 __________________ Sincerely, Neil http://neilblanchard.blogspot.com/

10-30-2019, 05:09 PM	#3276 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,544 Thanks: 8,086 Thanked 8,880 Times in 7,328 Posts	But the CdA will be [larger?/greater?] than the XL-1. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar --You can't say that is a coincidence.

11-01-2019, 01:56 PM	#3277 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maynard, MA Eaarth Posts: 7,907 Mica Blue - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0 Team Toyota 90 day: 42.48 mpg (US) Forest - '15 Nissan Leaf S Team Nissan 90 day: 156.46 mpg (US) Number 7 - '15 VW e-Golf SEL TEAM VW AUDI Group 90 day: 155.81 mpg (US) Thanks: 3,475 Thanked 2,950 Times in 1,844 Posts	The VW XL1 seats two people, while the Lightyear One seats five. So the CdA / person is much better. __________________ Sincerely, Neil http://neilblanchard.blogspot.com/

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