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Concept Sketches

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Concept Sketches

September 23, 2018


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titleFinal Sketches

Final Sketches

September 30, 2018

The "final sketch" came down to figuring out what aesthetic and aerodynamic features we wanted.

Some considerations were:

  • Wide catamaran and minimal frontal area

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  • Minimal angle difference between hood and windshield
  • Hood area available for solar panels

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  • Extremely small trailing edge (~5mm)

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  • Minimize car size (for weight purposes)


To summarize these needs, a few sketches were created and refined:

Wants:

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Refined sketches (including prelim. geometry):

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Rough Geometry

October 7, 2018

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Total available area for array placement ~= 5.2 m^2

Underbody style:

The body comes down where the driver/passengers are located. This should be done in an aerodynamic way, but the shape will further improve from CFD.

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Isometric view:

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Rough 3D Models

October 14, 2018