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A buggy for the whole family

Postby TommyK » Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:48 pm

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Re: A buggy for the whole family

Postby swiftsam » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:58 am

Ah, Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car. I saw that in some book when we were looking for aero info while building wallaby.

The Dymaxion had a drag coefficient of .25 which is the same as the 2010 Prius and better than pretty much every other car on the road. Not bad for 1933.
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