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05-27-2021, 09:25 PM
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I was poking around in Ecomodder's innards, when I found this. It seems like it's worth a repost, since 2008: ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/gravity-racer-gallery-extreme-aerodynamics-1208.html#post69119
That third page is excellent (note the progression across the top), but I flip out over the Aerocarene
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05-28-2021, 09:41 AM
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If not aerodynamic by today's standards, then at least it's beautiful.
Random TRANSPORTATION pictures - Page 2482 - Pelican Parts Forums
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05-28-2021, 12:22 PM
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gravity-racer-gallery 2008
Looking at the University of Michigan's 'NOVUM', you can see elements of:
* the 1906 Stanley Steamer LSR 'canoe', 1928 Rumpler closed-car limousine, and 1933 Mauboussin closed-car, enclosed cabin, enclosed-wheels, with almost no ground clearance ( Jaray 1922 ), embodied in the lower body.
* NOVUM's bubble canopy borrows from Paul Jaray's 'kombination' form roof of 1922.
* And NOVUM's photovoltaic array, a boat-tailed version of Jaray's 1922 ' kombination' form double- wing root, airfoil body.
* All the connection intersections blended together with Sighard Hoerner's fillets of 1951.
New dog, old tricks.
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05-28-2021, 01:15 PM
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kach22i -- "Corvair Testudo" FWIW
I wish the illustrations were larger than 800x1198, the text is hard to decipher. What might be the Mathis 300(?) is a lot like the contemporary Corbin Sparrow.
Based on the shape labeled 'Csp: 0,2' I did this for one of the gravity racer threads:
It also validates my old VW bus design:
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05-28-2021, 01:33 PM
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kach22i -- "Corvair Testudo" FWIW
I wish the illustrations were larger than 800x1198, the text is hard to decipher. What might be the Mathis 300(?) is a lot like the contemporary Corbin Sparrow.
Based on the shape labeled 'Csp: 0,2' I did this for one of the gravity racer threads:
It also validates my old VW bus design:
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* Without a side view in true-length, it's hard to tell if there'd be separation issues over the top and down the rear pontoon fenders. They look kinda 'fast.'
* Considering the plan-view, if Elliott Gray Reid, of Stanford University was still with us, he might tell you that there's a 16% drag penalty from lack of boat-tailing those rear fenders, something he specifically tested for.
* The Mathis 'long-tail'( Cd 0.18 ) took advantage of this technology.
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Consider it a 'first draft'.
edit:
From the Pelican Parts thread, what's going on here?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...l#post11344187
Maybe a space saver spare inside a donut shaped gas tank? What's the pipe that snakes it's way toward the dashboard?
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05-28-2021, 02:55 PM
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It should be the filler hose. The little one would be a vent, or to a charcoal cannister in the engine bay.
For the USA market they put it on the other side. Never understood that. 'Aerobics' for Porsche owners?
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05-28-2021, 03:29 PM
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Hmm never have seen that. Those are stocker parts?
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