Interior Exterior
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I'm in school studying product design, and was challenged to offer a solution a problem regarding an automobile (interior or exterior). I did 90 percent of my research here soo its only fair that I share my results with you guys.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...ectivecopy.jpg
Proposal includes a top that opens gullwing style, has driver and passanger roof scoops offering ventillation into the passanger compartment independantly, individual transparent polycarbonate roof panels that feed light into the cabin t-top style, and a center mounted data logger just under the rearview mirror (micro mirror would be required).
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...etchescopy.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...pementcopy.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...AWINGScopy.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7.../orthocopy.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...enderscopy.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7.../FINALcopy.jpg
Heres some type of bibliography
Elisetalk.com
teamjediracing
and lots of other guys who helped out thanx
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ohh and if anybody want to give me a job , I'll take it
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Looks great. Very good work.
Obvious question; are you going to make it?
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college student,
drives 95 saturn
limited funds
As far as i got was a model. theoretically the main chassis (minus datalogger, suede headliner, and polycarbonate windows) would weigh roughly 30 lbs if constructed almost completely of carbon composites. The half scale monocouque type chassis was 12lbs but full scale and ready for production would have to he twice or 3 times as thick in some sections I think but im no engineer.
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Wow looks great!
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Graphics Artist Extraordinaire. Nice work
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looks awesome...but the question noone wants to ask - does it leak ?
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That is some very cool stuff. It always amazes me how talented some of our forum members are. I'm sure you will find a rewarding job.
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I assume you do know that a gullwing top has been produced?
Be careful about the depth of the leading edge of the top where it meets the windshield. In the production model this created a rather sharp contact point between the driver's temple and the edge when the wing is opened. Perhaps a spec of a titanium bar sandwiched into the fiberglass would allow the same structural integrity without the mass.
Your drawings do look great. Wish I had talent.
Isn't Transio hiring?
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Beautiful work!
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Man! tha is a great design! if you find someone who wants to produce it I will buy it. good luck you really are talented! WOW
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nice work!
good luck on your career.
I am a product designer as well, sort of.
Started studying Product design in San Jose State,
moved to LA for car design education.
Now Im a car designer.
You have a better start than I am.
software is.. Rhino?
To be more critical...
should adress the problem and solution clearer...
ingress-egress etc..
and if you specify the material, (carbon fiber,polycarbonate. etc.) its more solid.
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did you come up with an estimated cost?
you should email your plans to Lotus and see if they'll buy them or hire you.
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I'm as impressed as I can be -- and I have a very critical eye. Best of luck with the job search, but I don't think you'll need luck.
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Love the paint job in the last image. Got any other stripe designs? MW's offset green stripe is interesting but the common double stripes don't excite me. That front end paint model you got going however - looks great!
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Sorry for the lack of detail, ther is a lot of detail but i just wanted to give you guys an overall feel for the project. As for leaking, it probably will. at one opint i worked for a dealership and I've yet to see an elise that dosen't. Sometimes the windows dont even meet the upper weather stripping. Although there are rain channels that drain excess fluid into an enlarged rain gutter. Similar to the black stripping on the outer edge of the current top. I'd hope that when moving, water collected there would be drawn out of the rear, and not flood into the cabin. Also there are rain channels intergrated into the hinge mech that would run water near the same place. Also the excess pressure created by the lack of exhaust vents might be handled by what I beleive is called a cabin pressure switch. That would let excess pressure out under the hollow roll bar cover. But i don't want to comment too much. I have a friend in the aerodynamics department who gave me all kinds of notes and ideas that i can't even begin to understand. As for the software, it was modeled in Alias Autostudio but the renderer kept failing because it was 10 million polys so it was rendered in 3D studio Max with the V-Ray plugin, Then for the animation, explaining the water evacuation, hinge mech and HVAC, that was done in Rhino with the Flamingo and Bongo plugins.
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Rhino with flaming bongos? Is that how a Lotus gets built? What'z up with the dancing spiderman? Kinda freaking me out there.
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nice artwork.