Maybe you could cfd both conventional and your design to see what you are actually gaining.
IE, the stuff that you have finished is never really finished.
Rob Freyvogel
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Sound advice Rob...thanks. I do plan a CFD study once I've arrived at what I consider the most likely shape based on the chassis parameters I've identified. I think I'm about there with what's physically possible to stuff in this frontal envelope. Things I'm discussing like refrigerant intercoolers, hydraulic steering, single wheel hub center steering, visibility issues, and electrical drive are all necessitated by the cross section profile I believe is critical to achieving unlimited wheel driven record speed. I think there are so many quality efforts underway in the conventional sense of mechanical drive trains that taking that approach for me is just a wasted effort. I'll never have the experience you guys have or the time to develop it in a conventional sense.
Yea, I hope to get down the track too one day, but only if the design concept I use has what I consider a substantial advantage over all the rest. What I'm coming to love about LSR is the idea that to set unlimited speed records one has to be on the cutting edge of ideas about how to go faster than the best that's come before. Whether I can make any of that happen remains to be seen...but in the arena of ideas I think I can bring a thing or two to the table. Leastwise, I'm enjoying letting my imagination roam with the possibilities. Thanks for helping to keep me in touch with reality Rob...