X Ray Frankenstein wants to keep Halloween going all year
Jesse Field wants your input. The designer of the Xrayfrankenstein, a "revolutionary high-tech ultra-light 3-wheel EV" wrote in to say that the website for the snub-nosed trike is now up and running and ready for critics to take a look. Field wrote:
The basic idea for the Xrayfrankenstein is that the technology to make more efficient vehicles exists, but it really needs to be mashed together – like Frankenstein's monster – in the most efficient vehicle possible. Currently, the trike only exists in rough renderings on the site, but the concept is a superlight, four-person vehicle. The Xrayfrankenstein can handle a variety of powertrains but is designed to be all-electric. Aside from the mashed-up quality of the vehicle, Field says that this car is well-named because of its attitude:This vehicle was develop by (myself) a former big 3 automotive engineer, and is completely unique from anything else being proposed out there. The web site contains lots of product info because the vehicle is very unique -- including features such as a pressure absorbing impact body shell. [...] I am eagerly looking for feedback and insight as well as exposure--the website is brand new.
No mechanismo is hidden, just as bolts sticking out of its neck, or stitches in flesh, motors and attachments become an integral part of its character. And yet it is a monster with a human side, as opposed to today's unholy steel exoskeleton insect-bodies. The Xray is an endoskeleton structure, with an impact absorbing shell, making it less susceptible to dings and scratches, and unsightly, undesired incidental damage.
Thoughts?
[Source: X Ray Frankenstein]
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Nick 8:56PM (11/03/2009)
Maybe Mr. Frankenstein should team up with a former big 3 transportation designer to make a decent rendering that one can understand? There should be plenty of designers out of a job out there.
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AutoCritical 7:04AM (11/04/2009)
Exactly! How would I do an automotive design review about this car... more so, how will they sell this idea to the public?!
good call nick.
letstakeawalk 9:48PM (11/03/2009)
It seems like they're inspired by naked motorcycles. Having the frame visible, especially, not worrying about bodywork. As long as it passes DOT safety regs, I don't see why not.
I'd prefer an Ariel Atom with a fuel cell (you can imagine I said battery if you want).
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polo 10:26PM (11/03/2009)
I think it needs a hydrogen fuel cell in it.
maybe then, I'll believe. . .
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shlompsen 10:58PM (11/03/2009)
You should have saved this for April Fool's Day.
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Snoopy 11:55PM (11/03/2009)
I'm not sure what he's offering here that's new, aside from the four seater aspect. It's good that he's looking for input, but it just doesn't seem like there's much going on. Looks like he needs to take the site's focus and figure out who it's supposed to be attracting (like potential business partners), then speak to them specifically. If he's looking to attract customers, he needs more customer related info.
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!!D 8:04AM (11/04/2009)
I'm not a car designer, but even I know that you should isolate the weight of the vehicle from the bearings and shaft of your motor. That comes from being friends with a guy who was on my University's solar car design team.
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Nick From Montreal 8:04AM (11/04/2009)
As someone who has done his share of R&D projects, this has all the symptoms of a daring entrepreneur having run out of resources.
-- These "renderings" are photo-shopped screen grabs from a Solid Modeler CAD program. You do these when you can't pay for the modeler's 3D rendering plug-in.
-- The second link is "Contact Us" as in -- "We're looking for financing but don't know anybody".
-- No sign of an actual prototype -- these can be expensive.
-- "Looking for feedback" in entrepreneur lingo means: "My wife wants me to get a real job, so I'm dumping everything on the net in a last ditch effort to get some financing."
Could be totally wrong, but that's a classic engineering project case.
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Mark Kiernan 8:06AM (11/04/2009)
I think we need cars that are either 3 or 4 wheels but can seat four people.
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MJC 3:31PM (11/04/2009)
That thing is hideous.
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