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Cool new quarter fairing idea
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:54 am
by Sisyphus
Based on the hydrodynamic ideal of the tuna. I'm shown here on a stationary bicycle demonstrating a 7/8 scale model of the TunaFair fairing to my eldest son. The tail section is still in development, but swings inside the black and yellow hoop astern of me as I pedal.
If nothing else, it proved entertaining.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:02 pm
by Bigshankhank
Kinetic Art? I wouldbe worried about the tail "swishing" from side to side inducing a sway and causing handling problems. Maybe a counterweight?
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:46 pm
by SpecialK
...like lesbians need bicyclefish, or something.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:57 pm
by Flatline
SpecialK wrote:...like lesbians need bicyclefish, or something.
BAHAHAHAHA!
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:14 pm
by Sisyphus
Just think of all the air you could get through the mouth to oil coolers, radiators, or whatever!
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:15 pm
by monstergirl
If you did the angler fish, you could suspend your headlight in front!
And those teeth would look menacing in a car's rear view mirror.
Although, the tuna would be much more aerodynamic. Maybe a swordfish for best of both worlds?
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:22 pm
by piccini9
I think it would go much faster were it not bolted to the sidewalk.
Other than that, a sound, elegant solution to an age old question.
What that question is, I have no fucking clue.