New BMW Rag... body.

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html

AlexMaier · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:37 pm

Yeah, just saw this on YouTube -- totally awesome!

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Hasn't something similar been tried before?

I guess that was a bit different

(points to anyone who can identify ..)

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

MikeWhitney wrote:

Hasn't something similar been tried before?

I guess that was a bit different

(points to anyone who can identify ..)

That looks remarkably like what happens when you try to steal interweb bandwidth. :wink:

TomFreeman · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:18 pm

Adobe...the little car made out of mud.

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Space frames are nothing new. Most of the cool race cars of the 50s and early 60s used them, until monocoques took over.

I think the the Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage" is a work of art.
http://www.pbase.com/martelpc/image/30330484
I suppose they skinned it in aluminum because fabric would have flapped furiously at speed, unless they doped it (which these days would cause a whole other kind of flap

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