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Today I saw a newer NABI hybrid bus. I watched it turn a corner. It looked like it was going to fall the fsck over.
It's pretty obvious as to why it's this screwed up. It's basically a NABI 40-LFW low floor bus, which alone would be pretty stable... but then they put the batteries ON THE ROOF.
Pop quiz on vehicle design:
Question 1. Where should the center of gravity lie?
A. As low to the ground as possible.
B. Durrrr, wherever the hell I feel like it?
Question 2. Where should the wheels be placed?
A. As close to the vehicle's corners as possible.
B. Uh, in the middle?
Question 3. How do you build a good monocoque chassis?
A. Build a nice structure around several longitudinal support channels.
B. Slap together random plates of steel with sloppy edge welding and brace the whole thing from underneath with random I-beams.
Answer key:
If you answered A, you have potential as a good vehicle designer.
If you answered B, please watch this page for career openings with the NABI group.
I really want to see the buses I designed in Blue Neon to be made by someone. Here are the specs...
Monocoque semi-extruded chassis - similar to that of the Flxible Metro.
Single, double, or triple micro turbine engines. Fuel system compatible with pretty much anything that burns (E10, E85, E95, gasoline, diesel, vegetable oil, or compressed gases such as propane/CNG/LNG with the appropriate tank).
NiMH batteries mounted in underfloor compartments and in sidewall compartments, as well as endcaps.
4 or 6 wheel hub motor drive (6 on the articulated model).
Optional solar cell roof
Also, that scoop on the roof is functional... it forces air into the HVAC system and contains an electronically switched radio antenna array, hooked up to a software defined radio that connects the vehicle to a mesh network for voice and data communications.
It's pretty obvious as to why it's this screwed up. It's basically a NABI 40-LFW low floor bus, which alone would be pretty stable... but then they put the batteries ON THE ROOF.
Pop quiz on vehicle design:
Question 1. Where should the center of gravity lie?
A. As low to the ground as possible.
B. Durrrr, wherever the hell I feel like it?
Question 2. Where should the wheels be placed?
A. As close to the vehicle's corners as possible.
B. Uh, in the middle?
Question 3. How do you build a good monocoque chassis?
A. Build a nice structure around several longitudinal support channels.
B. Slap together random plates of steel with sloppy edge welding and brace the whole thing from underneath with random I-beams.
Answer key:
If you answered A, you have potential as a good vehicle designer.
If you answered B, please watch this page for career openings with the NABI group.
I really want to see the buses I designed in Blue Neon to be made by someone. Here are the specs...
Monocoque semi-extruded chassis - similar to that of the Flxible Metro.
Single, double, or triple micro turbine engines. Fuel system compatible with pretty much anything that burns (E10, E85, E95, gasoline, diesel, vegetable oil, or compressed gases such as propane/CNG/LNG with the appropriate tank).
NiMH batteries mounted in underfloor compartments and in sidewall compartments, as well as endcaps.
4 or 6 wheel hub motor drive (6 on the articulated model).
Optional solar cell roof
Also, that scoop on the roof is functional... it forces air into the HVAC system and contains an electronically switched radio antenna array, hooked up to a software defined radio that connects the vehicle to a mesh network for voice and data communications.