Turning NASA's 'Shoebox' into a Slipper
I picked up where NASA left off with their 'Shoebox' van streamlining and took it to completion.
Starting from their fully-boat-tailed Cd 0.238 van I: *added body side camber (Buchheim,Deutenbach,and L'u'ckoff) *added upper edge radii (Hucho) *added roof camber (Buchheim,Leie,and L'u'ckoff) *added wheel skirts (Heltemes,Tremulis,Cogotti,Garrone,and Masoero) *added MOON-esque wheel covers (Shinella,Tsukada,Sakagami,Arai,and Takahara) *and full wheel fairings (Tamai),allowing 50% of Tamai's factor allowing for wider tires (SWAG). http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...titled1_14.jpg http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/...titled2_14.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We'd have to add back in some features drag associated with a working cooling system,wipers,and mirrors,but that's not a lot of fruit to put back on the tree considering the GM Precept concept car. PS these are just estimates but should fall close to the tree. |
Now if somebody would make an RV like that with a I4 Cummins for power. Bed in the tail like a V-berth in the front of a boat. Make the interior 6 1/2' tall in the center and make it 7' wide. What would the frontal area be about for that?
I bet it could get 30 mpg or maybe better yet this motor http://cumminshub.com/2.8l-cummins.html |
Angle back the windshield a bit too as some newer buses are doing.
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You've effectively re-contoured the entire body. Why not start with a
Bowlus Road Chief? They are being cloned today. http://smalltrailerenthusiast.com/wp...2013/11/62.jpg The 'tow vehicle' could be a Tesla drive train/Segway hybrid that would drive, steer and brake—with a trailer hitch. It could have a head like that BB-8 droid in Star Wars Episode Seven. |
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Seems like a modern TDI engine would have no trouble with 30-mpg,since Jettas are pulling Sport Airstreams at 32-mpg. |
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