Sledgehammer
07-16-2007, 11:06 AM
Another from the I2B company.
The first I2B Project is called Raven. In basics, it was designed to be a LeMans prototype for a European super car manufacturer. The conception was classic - two wheel drive with a longitudinal middle engine. The profile of the car was designed especially to has the lowest as possible center of gravity and the lowest air resistance. To clear the design our first step was to build a clay model of the car in 1:10 scale. Some basic calculation for air resistance were made on Fluent. The first conception did not have enough down force so we decided to put a rear wing which at low speed would lay on the back end of the car.
Main dimensions and characteristics:
Wheels/Tires
Front: 255/40 ZR 20
Rear: 335/30 ZR 20
Length 4600 mm
Width 2010 mm
Height 1100 mm
Wheelbase 2600 mm
Ground Clearance 70 mm
Engine - V10 Turbo charged with about 500HP
Weight no more than 1200 Kg
The Raven should had been on LeMans at 2006 but because of the small amount of investments into this project it is still on the drawing board waiting for better times to come.
The first I2B Project is called Raven. In basics, it was designed to be a LeMans prototype for a European super car manufacturer. The conception was classic - two wheel drive with a longitudinal middle engine. The profile of the car was designed especially to has the lowest as possible center of gravity and the lowest air resistance. To clear the design our first step was to build a clay model of the car in 1:10 scale. Some basic calculation for air resistance were made on Fluent. The first conception did not have enough down force so we decided to put a rear wing which at low speed would lay on the back end of the car.
Main dimensions and characteristics:
Wheels/Tires
Front: 255/40 ZR 20
Rear: 335/30 ZR 20
Length 4600 mm
Width 2010 mm
Height 1100 mm
Wheelbase 2600 mm
Ground Clearance 70 mm
Engine - V10 Turbo charged with about 500HP
Weight no more than 1200 Kg
The Raven should had been on LeMans at 2006 but because of the small amount of investments into this project it is still on the drawing board waiting for better times to come.