Splinter Wooden race car, amazing

[Locut0s]

http://www.yosax.com/splinter-wood-supercar
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2...gets-its-wooden-debut/
http://icedweb.com/1//index.ph...oden_sports_car?blog=5

 

[marvdmartian]

Man, it'd suck if it caught on fire!!

 

[MustangSVT]

Suspension is provided through laminated wooden arms and springs made from orange wood.

yeah... I would like to see this thing try to turn.

 

[Throckmorton]

I like how they brag about the specs and how fast it is, without it being built... With a totally impractical 600hp engine that will probably tear apart a wooden car.

 

[aleckz]

It's going to creak like my wooden floors!

 

[halik]

I can't imagine the car being durable, but wood composite suspension might actually work.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
I like how they brag about the specs and how fast it is, without it being built... With a totally impractical 600hp engine that will probably tear apart a wooden car.

Well I actually saw this on TV before posting this and the show I saw it on had more detail. Most of it is actually finished, though not driven yet. While you might be right that it might not work it's also the case that this is a lot more than a straight concept to hardware port, they've put a lot of thinking and modelling into this thing.

 

[Robsasman]

Yeah seen how they made it on discovery last night, very cool.

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: halik
I can't imagine the car being durable, but wood composite suspension might actually work.

unless it gets wet ?

 

[CurseTheSky]

It's an interesting idea, but:

The weight target of the Splinter wood supercar is 2500lbs.

For such a radical design, I was hoping for something in the 2000-2300lbs range.

 

[Lurknomore]

I guess if they could make this in the 40's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

Perhaps it's not all that implausible.