A homebrew car experiment?

[Spendrik]

STOMP user Andrew Ng, 31, was on his way to work this morning when he saw this strange car on the roads around Bukit Panjang:





What do you think this car owner is trying to do?

[Julen]

Man, this guy is weird, but to me it looks as if he's trying out some kind of aerodynamic refinement. Specifically, it appears that he is trying to minimise drag, or wind resistance, which is actually a big factor in fuel consumption.

By covering up the rear wheels, he's obviously trying to smoothen the airflow over that part of the car's body. The bumps all over the upper surface of the car look like they are there to break up the airflow and slow down the air passing over it in order to raise the air pressure in those areas. There's usually a low pressure zone above and behind a moving car, which causes quite a bit of drag.

The bumps could be there to serve the same function as the dimples on a golf ball; those are there to disrupt the airflow around the ball as it flies through the air, preventing an area of low pressure from building up behind it and allowing it to travel further.

It looks a bit extreme, but I'd be curious to know the results of this experiment on his fuel consumption. At a steady 100km/h, two-thirds of fuel is consumed to overcome wind resistance, so these add-ons could be more effective than they look!

[ceecookie2]

Originally Posted by Spendrik

STOMP user Andrew Ng, 31, was on his way to work this morning when he saw this strange car on the roads around Bukit Panjang:





What do you think this car owner is trying to do?

saw this car too last sun on the way to riverside point or sumting like dat...funny car

[gallantnice]

This is the Solar energy driven car, the small round things could be the energy
asortion materials.

[emaleth]

someone should interview this driver..

[gykung]

I've seen this car too, about 2 weeks ago, in Bukit Panjang too. What is he doing?

-gykung-clublife.sg

[zafira]

julen....u r so gd in explaining about the car....!
if the experiment is successful, then more are expected on the road.. ...??

well...i think the car has served it's function to the owner....

[ypay]

Saw that car along sLE toward BKE, wonder it ever met up with ROV. Maybe they can explain wat the heck is that machine roving around.

[vavavroom]

wow....interesting...

next time anyone spot this car again, pls stop the driver and ask him ok? then let us know.

[Accela]

scarly tmr tnp report he kana sued for some weird reason.