ThefuzzyFurryComrade to Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca · 10 hours agoThe Swasticar is a Modern Engineering Marvelimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down15
arrow-up1366arrow-down1imageThe Swasticar is a Modern Engineering MarvelThefuzzyFurryComrade to Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca · 10 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 hours agoIs the entire frame just cast aluminum!? It legitimately looks like he had his rocket engineers build this one. You can’t get more disparate inspection/maintenance schedules than aerospace vs. Automotive.
minus-squarepi3r8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·59 minutes agoI read the biography of him and yes, it’s molded in one piece (or was at the time of the book from memory) it was inspired by the bottom of a toy car. The issue of water ingress was apparently brought up but he didn’t think it would be an issue.
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·30 minutes agoI doubt there was significant concern for fretting/fatigue here. These frames look like they’re almost intended to last only 5yr.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 hours agoThis car is clearly built to be single-use though.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 hour agoWe’ve mastered reusable rocketry, can’t we apply those findings to the automotive industry? There must be a better way.
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoI mean if they do make it more than 5mi off the lot, they wouldn’t survive more than a winter or two where they salt the roads.
Is the entire frame just cast aluminum!? It legitimately looks like he had his rocket engineers build this one.
You can’t get more disparate inspection/maintenance schedules than aerospace vs. Automotive.
I read the biography of him and yes, it’s molded in one piece (or was at the time of the book from memory) it was inspired by the bottom of a toy car. The issue of water ingress was apparently brought up but he didn’t think it would be an issue.
I doubt there was significant concern for fretting/fatigue here. These frames look like they’re almost intended to last only 5yr.
This car is clearly built to be single-use though.
We’ve mastered reusable rocketry, can’t we apply those findings to the automotive industry? There must be a better way.
I mean if they do make it more than 5mi off the lot, they wouldn’t survive more than a winter or two where they salt the roads.