IMO some one-piece Lexan body panels like those on the prototype Atom 3
Ariel Atom 3 |
would weight almost nothing yet improve practicality a lot.
Do you think would Ariel move this way?
IMO some one-piece Lexan body panels like those on the prototype Atom 3
Ariel Atom 3 |
would weight almost nothing yet improve practicality a lot.
Do you think would Ariel move this way?
That's barely a windshield. If anything, it'll probably be a roll-up type top/window setup like a Caterham. But to be honest, I doubt they'll do any hard top and windows as that sort of defeats the purpose of buying an Atom.
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
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The designer of the Dironda which was also exo-skeleton reckoned he had a clever "transformation options" for the customer.
So you could purchase ADD-ON components to make it more street friendly which coudl be quickly removed at track and returned to exo-skeleton lightweight rawness.
side pods that filled out to wheels to provide extra storage and crash protection.
Windscreen with built in wiper was a neat solution.
Don't think he ever got enough orders to extend the design ideas into production.
But coudl make a nice "after market" opportunity with the Atom I reckon
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A little lip like that probably helps diverting the air away from the helmet and stops it from buffeting at speed.....The tubeframe enclosure looks kinda like what 340R had.....
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That's not the windscreen. This is:
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