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11304
All the best with your projects one and all Roy nArrow Streets...
Roy Gardiner
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Jan 4, 2008
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11305
... Thank you for these sentiments, to which I'll add just - Happy & Prosperous New Year of 2008 to one and all. BTW Roy, recently I passed the Tmax on to one...
robperrott@...
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Jan 5, 2008
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11306
Hi All, Another VentureOne update. Two full-scale Styrofoam models for both Concept C and D. (Note the Bemers at the background.): ...
Bob
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Jan 6, 2008
4:31 pm
11307
I strongly suggest you check out the progress being made on the Venture Vehicles tilter: http://flytheroadclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236 Dan...
danson_waters
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Jan 6, 2008
6:19 pm
11308
... What progress? I just see another Carver semi-tilter with all it's deficiencies; paired wheels at the wrong end of the vehicle that don't even tilt, and...
Roy Gardiner
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Jan 7, 2008
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11309
... Just for info, I see that the NARO is now describing itself as a free tilter. So I guess they have dumped their (undefined) plans for a tilt control...
david woolard
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Jan 7, 2008
8:54 am
11310
HI Bob, They appear to be a privately-held, American-based, VC-backed company. The shots were obviously taken in California... check out the MIni... ...
danson_waters
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Jan 7, 2008
1:20 pm
11311
Oh snap! Were I as uncharitable, I could venture that that the nArrow is basically a Mercedes Benz F300 Life-Jet from 10 years ago. Granted, the difference may...
danson_waters
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Jan 7, 2008
1:20 pm
11312
I did 350 miles in my Carver on Sunday, all the way up the coast to Lindisfarne, lovely twisty bits hardly a straight in sight and then across to Jedburgh and...
Monty
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Jan 7, 2008
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11313
... from the fact that the CARVER is too wide. Danson,I dont know where you got the idea that a motorcycle in the USA "has to be 48" wide" but I would be...
bobobo882002
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Jan 7, 2008
1:38 pm
11314
... I agree, but at least this strange looking machine is fully street- licensed, unlike a lot of 'pie-in-the-sky' projects....... and it seems to have had an...
Paul Blezard
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Jan 7, 2008
2:19 pm
11315
I was referring to "enclosed 3-wheel motorcycles" that can be driven like cars: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/97-98/bill/asm/ab_1001-1050/ ...
danson_waters
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Jan 7, 2008
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11316
So to clarify your earlier statement. Instead of ... "The VentureOne has to be 48" wide since (in the States at least) that is the minimum to keep its ...
Aaron Davenport
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Jan 7, 2008
9:09 pm
11317
To answer one of the comments below... ... Good aerodynamics was the the #1 goal in building the Aptera. It has a Cd of only .11, which is less than half the...
Aaron Davenport
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Jan 7, 2008
9:43 pm
11318
Aaron, do you know why they made it so high off the ground? Also, they say that the mirror on an old 36 HP VW bug took 1 HP due to drag, so with 36 mirrors it...
Don Maguire
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Jan 7, 2008
10:50 pm
11319
Don, ... It's high off the ground because it is aerodynamically more efficient to allow the air to pass cleanly beneath a vehicle than to lower it as much as...
Aaron Davenport
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Jan 7, 2008
11:06 pm
11320
snip ... snip ... That seems very unlikely. The drag coefficient of 0.11 x the frontal area of the vehicle would require a hand with a drag coefficient of...
Arthur Middleton home
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Jan 7, 2008
11:19 pm
11321
Arron, what about ground effects that cause down force. No doubt there is less drag letting the air go under the car, but bad things can happen. It may not...
Don Maguire
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Jan 8, 2008
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11322
Arthur, I liked the part where the drag of a typical wiper blade was equal to that of the entire car. Oh my god. Don ... frontal area of the vehicle ... the...
Don Maguire
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Jan 8, 2008
12:21 am
11323
Down force can be generated without hugging the ground. And besides, passenger cars driving at legal road speeds do not "fly over" anything as a result of air...
Aaron Davenport
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Jan 8, 2008
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11324
... due ... Phillip here Don... you are into mirrors as well? Imagine... 36 images of Roy. That would be enough to stop anything... P...
bobobo882002
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Jan 8, 2008
2:13 am
11325
... Don here, If we were all sitting a few inches off the ground the visibility would be fine. Everyone wants a big SUV in the USA. I drive a 4 wheel drive...
Don Maguire
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Jan 8, 2008
2:44 am
11326
... Well they've already pinched our name so the rest of our philosophy was inevitable I guess! I was unable to copyright the name nArrow as its a 'word in...
Roy Gardiner
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Jan 8, 2008
8:44 am
11327
... You must calm down Phillip, I am not your enemy, remember our objectives to reduce traffic and the use of under-utilised vehicles are the same. Happy New...
Roy Gardiner
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Jan 8, 2008
8:47 am
11328
... You'd be wrong. Can I suggest you search the messages here if you are really interested in nArrow Streets design? Its simply a virtual STV that tilts to 50...
Roy Gardiner
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Jan 8, 2008
9:22 am
11329
... Dave here: As well as the cost I expect it's to do with width issues - you can hardly call yourself 'NARO' if you aren't. They seem to still have some kind...
david woolard
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Jan 8, 2008
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11330
I love rising to the bait about been 'in'. I may have been 'in' (the Carver) but 'out' (on the roads), whereas those that could have been 'out' (on their...
Monty
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Jan 8, 2008
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11331
It might be that exposed windscreen wipers double the drag coefficient, which would double the drag. So maybe this particular claim isn't so wild as it sounds...
Arthur Middleton home
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Jan 8, 2008
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11332
... the CARVER for its abilities but have no idea why it has them obviously P...
bobobo882002
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Jan 8, 2008
2:42 pm
11333
Hi Monty, can you tell me what kind of gas mileage the Carver gets? Don ... those ... (doors) ... of bikes ... through corners ... ComfortMax, ... size ... for...
Don Maguire
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