Is this 4real??

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 18 Sep 2010, 6:29 pm

#803022

http://www.flixxy.com/high-tech-car-door.htm

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spdterence Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined May 2008 · 18 Sep 2010, 6:38 pm

#803024

Very tricky. I wonder which manufacturer will take this up.
Bit of a safety issue I would have thought - if you can't open the door without power etc

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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 18 Sep 2010, 7:02 pm

#803026

so what will happen if the "hinges" stuff up?

Btw how do you open it? and how does it know when to close?

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Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 18 Sep 2010, 7:07 pm

#803028

I'm just imaging a girls dress getting caught in there and being lifted over their heads 😂

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 18 Sep 2010, 8:56 pm

#803040

that's been around for a while, saw the same video about 6-8 months ago, not sure where, it may have been here.

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vwjon Fahrvergnugen

914 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 18 Sep 2010, 8:59 pm

#803041

i like the skirt idea😀😀

i would be very worried in a crash, if the car gets a little crimped the doors will be worse than useless, even the jaws of life will struggle to open that kind of door. even a ding in the door (a size 10?) might compromise the operation of the door!
but like most designers they live in the "perfect" world!

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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 18 Sep 2010, 9:34 pm

#803051

Nice idea for a show car, but way too inefficient for a real-world car. To reinforce a car structure to take a door like that would require a weight penalty of at least 200-300kg by my guess, as well as a rather bulky sill and the fact that you need at least 100mm of room under the internal floor for the door to swing into. The KISS principle says no!

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DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 19 Sep 2010, 7:45 am

#803074

the early Z bmw had a door like this, it droped down into the sill...er 12ish years a ago i think.

steff...........

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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 19 Sep 2010, 10:29 am

#803091

DubCrazy wrote:the early Z bmw had a door like this, it droped down into the sill...er 12ish years a ago i think.
steff...........

But they were a half-height door that drops down vertically into a very high sill, rather than swivelling under the car.

Much better for the strength of the body, as with the sill that high it would be stiffer than a regular door opening.

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modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 20 Sep 2010, 6:16 pm

#803333

waveman1500 wrote:...would require a weight penalty of at least 200-300kg by my guess...

Are you sure?
Current 4-door sedans have quite heavily re-inforced A and B pillars to allow heavy doors (complete with electric windows, speakers, electric door-locks etc.) to hang out at 90 degrees with people pushing up and down on them.

You would lose that weight and yes, you would gain some weight in the sills, but this could be useful anti-intrusion reinforcement.

Overall passenger cell rigidity could potentially be improved. And, since your handle is waveMAN1500, you're possibly not thinking about how positively this would rate with the fairer sex, especially those with ankle biters, due to the easier access to to the seats.

I reckon it has a fair chance to become a real competitor.

hth

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