The world's first wooden supercar is faster than a Porsche or a Lamborghini

[VeilOctane]

kinda old but haven't seen it posted here

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_03/woodencar2SOLENT_468x319.jpg





link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-516687/The-worlds-wooden-supercar-faster-Porsche-Lamborghini.html)



main site (http://www.joeharmondesign.com/index.html#)

flicker photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66898206@N00/)


http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_03/woodencarSOLENT_468x295.jpg

[gretz]

termites?

[sr20s14zenki]

What happens if it overheats? car burns down? Definately want a NON flame throwing exhaust on this car


:rolleyes:

[VeilOctane]

i know talk about crash and burn!


lol:burnout:

[Destinova403]

i was expecting a picture of some new Morgan or something... but thats cool too.

[Hakkola]

I would be worried about rotting as well, I don't know how this laminated wood would hold up. Interesting though, good looking car.

[liquidboi69]

lol that's ridiculous...

[imjimmylin]

That is crazy.... wonder how much that's going to cost.

[Krytical]

Also impact is going to be a bitch, wood + wall = splinters up your ass..

[Inzane]

The first wooden supercar? No it ain't.

Behold:

http://image.motortrend.com/f/miscellaneous/mt-onlines-2008-ultimate-best-effort-replicar-list/9492536+w562+cr1+re0+ar1/1995-ferrari-f50-wood.jpg

http://www.woodworkersauction.com/Images/ferrarifront.jpg

http://www.ferrariownersclub.co.uk/happenings/2002/december/wood_f50/rear.jpg

[sr20s14zenki]

^^^^hey, thats a boat, doesnt count, has to drive on land :nut:

[brown_guy]

Thats crazy:nut:

[FilthyMcNasty]

hahah if somebody keyed your car you can just sand it down. haha

[962 kid]

That's pretty damn cool. A lot of people underestimate the strength and other properties of wood, it's a pretty amazing material.

[Krytical]

Originally posted by FilthyMcNasty
hahah if somebody keyed your car you can just sand it down. haha
Hahahahah :rofl:

[flipstah]

Originally posted by VeilOctane
i know talk about crash and burn!


lol:burnout:

ZING!

Seriously, that is a neat vehicle. Although, I'm pretty sure there's good reasons why they haven't used wood in cars in a while, fires and crash zones for one.

It is exquisitely detailed though, I'll give him props to that.

And I thought building my CO2 car was a bitch. :)

[clem24]

Love how the article mentions nothing about it catching fire and how it fares in the event of an accident. Just "oh wood is a great material, it's environmentally friendly, it's got great strength to weight ratio and smells nice. Wood has no weakness."

[badatusrnames]

Wood seemed to work ok here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Mosquito_600pix.jpg

[flipstah]

Originally posted by badatusrnames
Wood seemed to work ok here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Mosquito_600pix.jpg

Didn't planes start out as wood? I think they stopped because of war.

Same as cars. They stopped because steel was cheaper. Not sure about this though.

Or was it carriages?...

[Cooked Rice]

Hmm... it's a bit like a composite material i suppose. if it crashed, you'd need to fix it with epoxy lol... and screw the bondo, when you can use:

http://www.blanchford.co.uk/acatalog/ronseal_woodfiller.jpg

ahh and no rust!

[em2ab]

Looks like it's smiling.

[three.eighteen.]

wood? fuck no...its organic carbon fiber

[jonnycat]

The wheels are the coolest part. Who woulda thunk to make 200 mph capable wood wheels.

[Whiley]

that is true, even the largest planes were wood framed, like the b-17, lancaster and famous 'spruce goose'
even the early jet powered fighters were wood frame construction, and it was that way until the jet age really began to roll

people don't realize there is such a diverse variety of woods available, and each with unique properties
lamination not only preserves the wood from rot, because the epoxies are absorbed into the grain, it also gives it the added strength, and fire resistance or even proofing

the epoxy they are using is not like that used to hold typical plywood sheet layers together
they are making this car mostly of out of laminated layers of thin wood
even carbon fiber construction is nothing more woven mat laminate, cured in epoxy resin

impact resistance, that really depends on the design & construction, to make sure the chassis deforms in a predictable manner, it's entirely possible to do this with the cad simulation software they have now
look at the SLR, it has a C-F tubular front sub-chassis, which is designed to deform properly in a crash, same basic idea, just different material

would i want to own one? maybe if i was rich and it was another car for adding to my collection



Originally posted by badatusrnames
Wood seemed to work ok here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Mosquito_600pix.jpg

[g-m]

Originally posted by 962 kid
That's pretty damn cool. A lot of people underestimate the strength and other properties of wood, it's a pretty amazing material. its not isometric though and as a result you can't build easily reproduceable anything with it that has to have a certain shape and properties

[Whiley]

steam bending & forming, lamination and layered construction, can give a large variety of shapes
with jigs and duplicated procedures, repetition and QC is possible (think guitar manufacturing)
this car project has quite a few compound curves, and tight curve forms also
you can't pour it into a mold, but you can do a lot of things with it still



Originally posted by g-m
its not isometric though and as a result you can't build easily reproduceable anything with it that has to have a certain shape and properties

[SwitchBlade]

No more bolt on now you can glue your new spoiler on.

[SNAATCH]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/2612702129_caeba191b8.jpg?v=0

Sweet helmet!

[Jason Lange]

I am going to go polish my wood!! YAY!!!

[Eleanor]

Originally posted by g-m
its not isometric though and as a result you can't build easily reproduceable anything with it that has to have a certain shape and properties
I think you mean isotropic ;)

[Whiley]

carbon fiber isn't entirely isotropic either, having a direction in the weave of the mat used


Originally posted by Eleanor
I think you mean isotropic ;)