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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.What did you eventually decide on for the entry, I'm leaning towards a front hinge and raise the canopy like on an aircraft.I thought maybe it would be nicer to show the rest of the Atlantric not just the butt, see below. So how does one get in and out of this thing? Wipers and entry was difficult to figure out on this car.
Nice.Perhaps customize the Elio like the way some have done to the VW Beetle? Some at this site.
It will be interesting to see the results of some of those customization with the Elio. Perhaps a different section here for them?
As usual, you are about 'spot-on'! Well, there is some classic history I considered. Many people know about the Messerschmitt bubble-car. It did have a canopy opening. Which was easier to open from a side hinge vs a front hinge. This seemed to go along with the modernized clasical looks of the Atlantric. But I wanted the hinge modernized too. So I've designed it such that it can open to the left OR right. If you open both locks at the same time the top comes clean off. I keep the wiper mechs with the top. Now this gives a very good way to have many options, just have different tops. So one of the tops would be like the 200 Super. I'll attach a super image, but I'll have to dig up my designer sketches for the Atlantric door(s).What did you eventually decide on for the entry, I'm leaning towards a front hinge and raise the canopy like on an aircraft.
What is the point of a V shaped hull? The less air between the Elio and the road the higher the MPG. Are you planning on making the Elio IED resistant?