Warren Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Check this out. BMW GINA ... NO Hard body panels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 That is awesome!! Love the spoiler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeero Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 WOW! Simply awesome. I love the way the headlights are like eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buma Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 that's a cool concept. I wonder how I can hold up against the wind at high speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benitoz Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 the idea is cool but first sell me on the meterial, I think that guy in the clip was about to cry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Zone Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 G = geometry I = Function? N = Infinite (OK maybe) A = Adaptations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Matt Brazel the rancher did not find UFO debris at Roswell it was what's left of a alien BMW. Took 60 years for the real story to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 super! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I work in the innovation group of a large corporation. Stuff like this is what sparks ideas. The answers are rarely there. It's the questions that spark toughts. It's great thinking, somewhat outside the box. Laundromat Carwash. G - Geometry and Function IN - Infinte A - Adaptation Here's an idea. Make the skin subframe flexible in the right areas so that it deforms under aerodynamic forces to "shape itself" to cut into the wind better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Kind of opposite (but similar) to Cygnusx1's idea... What if the material properties could change instantly, to stiffen the skin in case an object is encountered. Maybe by the forces from object itself, or using proximity sensors and electrifying the skin...kind of like what happens with shape memory alloys. (Not that you'd ever crash one of those babies ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Like the batman movie. Some materials when exposed to a electric current stiffen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 I believe one of the premises behind the idea is to eliminate the need for a hard outter skin...and let the car's exoskeleton take the shock by placing hard parts in strategic places to protect the occupants, kinda like shrink-wrapping a roll cage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziza z Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Man. I want that car. I love how the tail lights look and the car blinks. Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z or bust Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Dude those headlights just look mean! Sweeeeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvice Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 That's incredible. Trust the germans to think of that. Actually he didn't sound german at all. Still incredible though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Bye Bye, door dings! Hello, run in your stocking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxand280z Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Great idea. I would gladly chosing 2 hours of a reskin 3000 for paint or hours fixing a dent. Plus you probably save 150lbs. I would think that there would have to be some hard panels in high wind load areas but that could be located just under the skin. I know the possiblities of the customer changing the car is just about endless. Great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I should send this video to everyone in my grade 10 shop/tech class that called our group's similar idea "stupid" or "retarded". if I could only go back a decade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I wonder if tie dye is an option... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240zwannabe Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 that's a cool concept. I wonder how I can hold up against the wind at high speed. it would seem it would compare to a fabric skinned aircraft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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