RE: Czinger 21C revealed in full

[Quickmoose]

g3org3y said:

Where does he put the (seemingly branded) surfboard dude!?

Who says it's 'his'?

[ali_XF]

Photos by one GF Williams of this parish. They look stunning, a whiff of the P1 photo shoot he did in Abu Dhabi when it came out. As for the car itself- looks stunning from some angles and a bit awkward from others. I’m sure once I’ve seen the top gear vid it’ll start to make sense!

[lotuslover69]

this car used to be called the divergent blade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPv7PwS50OE

[thegreenhell]

Gary Woodland said:

Everyone knows George Williams it's not a small secret club haha.

Especially when he posts a video about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zWDX1eH6zQ

[robinessex]

Krikkit said:

robinessex said:

The suspension components have been created by FEA Topology Optimization. This basically consists of starting with a computer model of a chunk of material, applying restraints on it in the places they occur, then apply all the know loads on the places they occur. This could be many separate load cases The program will then repeatedly 'load the model', removing areas with low-stress regions, and keep this up until it converges on a solution. I have used this, it works, but use WITH CAUTION. It's capable of producing a structure that will take, theoretically, all the designed loads, but still not be OK for actual use. If you want to see it in action:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYhOhYffyNo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2iMt-FB5s

Out of interest, where does it fall down? I assume it's the number of load cases you can provide and material differences?

3D printing of hollow section shapes is really interesting tech, and I think it'll definitely be the future once the costs start coming down.

Edited by Krikkit on Friday 21st February 16:41

Some of the structure can be susceptible to buckling failure. You need to check this separately.

[Don1]

Gary Woodland said:

Everyone knows George Williams it's not a small secret club haha.

That surfboard pic is the funniest bit of marketing I've seen for a car in a while.

Well obviously that isn't the case, but don't let that stop you. Agreed on the surfboard bit though.

[anonymous-user]

I saw the thread title and wondered what KFC were cooking up.

[Digby]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

Not sure whether it's the PH photos but does it look a little....pinched? Seems rather narrow?

It's in 4:3 mode for width restrictions. A press of a button on the dash gives you 16:9.

[Digby]

It should be the new Hardcastle and McCormick car!

[ate one too]

It appeared on Jay Leno's Garage in 2015 as the Divergent Blade, looking almost identical to this 2020 21C under the skin - albeit with a different engine - so what has Mr Czinger been doing for the past 5 years?

[RacerMike]

ate one too said:

It appeared on Jay Leno's Garage in 2015 as the Divergent Blade, looking almost identical to this 2020 21C under the skin - albeit with a different engine - so what has Mr Czinger been doing for the past 5 years?

Making it legal? Seems pretty well developed as the 21C compared to the Blade which looked like a moving concept car

[steveb8189]

Was really impressed by the performance from 2.88L engine and then heard on the top gear video it runs on methanol... Not exactly practical for day to day use, but then who cares.

[redroadster]

One day u will be able to down load a printed car design and make it yourself .

[ate one too]

redroadster said:

One day u will be able to down load a printed car design and make it yourself .

... maybe a scale model out of plastic or chocolate.

[Rogue86]

Don1 said:

As I know who did the shots, must have been an interesting time for him to fly to California and photoshop them there...

They can still look 'photoshopped' (compd) with mismatched lighting even when shot on location.

Edited by Rogue86 on Monday 24th February 14:33