Re: More three wheeler stuff

[Michael Hurley <mephit_stophilis@yahoo.com>]

>     For your car it's a long way to instability. You
>have lots to play with if you cg stays right.

Hmm. I'll see what crops up as I do some more changes. I do worry 
about this becoming basically a wedge shape, though. If I carry the 
cabin back and the rear wheel and body forward, I'm gonna have a hard 
time keeping it from being a wedge.

>       Lenghting the wheelbase has only a small effect.
>As long as you don't get too short you'll be fine.

Well, the current WB is 90". What would you suggest, 80 - 85"?

>    So that's what that little point on the roof was,
>no it wouldn't increase drag after the break point.
>I'd try to move the break point back some for lower
>drag. Also with that much glass area The heat from the
>sun will be intense, good in the winter, bad in the
>summer.

Glad to know my illustrative talents have not been fettered by such 
useless fripperies as intelligibility or aesthetics! ;-p

Yes, the "little point" is my feeble attempt at describing a small 
scoop so that I could carry the roofline further back, and slope the 
window downward more quickly. I thought 2 - 4' back from the point at 
which the body starts to decrease in size was the best point to place 
the break. That would be about where I have it.

As for the glass problem, yes, it will indeed be a greenhouse inside, 
but I doubt seriously whether removing window space would affect that 
much. I've spent too much time aboard fiberglass boats with very 
small to no windows, and they get bloody hot inside to. To me the 
difference of 115š and 140š is one of how many seconds I can take it 
before I pass out, and in both cases the answer is not enough. A good 
aggressive AC and proper ventilation will work for sure, They always 
have. To that end, I'm trying to figure out how to do lowering 
windows. Probably something like the countach windows that are just a 
section that drop from the center of the window in small tracks. 
Also, if I move the scoop on the top back, it will make the rear 
window narrower and reduce my rearward vision. I'm more interested in 
being able to see all the idiots around me.
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