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Given the shape of most cars, the carrying capacity of car transport trailers could be greatly increased if half the cars were loaded upside down, hanging from the trailer's roof. I'm not a Tetris player but if you are, you'll see what I mean.
Riding the Cage
http://www.metacafe...ts_riding_the_cage/
[nuclear hobo, Oct 05 2007]
Car on wall of death
http://www.livevide...eath-car-stunt.aspx
[david_scothern, Oct 06 2007]
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Makes sense to me. (That's not a good
thing...) |
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I'm not sure, but I suspect that hanging a
car upside down for long periods would
have bad effects on its fluids. I'm pretty
sure that the cap on my screenwash bottle
isn't leakproof, and I suspect that one or
more of the oil/brake-fluid/aircon
refrigerant/power-steering fluid/
automatic transmission fluid/fuel/battery
systems would not be happy. |
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Well, that's simple enough to resolve. Design the trailer like a cement mixer drum, so that the bed and cars reverses polarity continually. |
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That would be cool. At sufficiently high
revs, the cars wouldn't even need to be
held in place. You should post a
"centrifugal car transporter". |
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//centrifugal car transporter// |
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Loading and balance would present interesting problems ... |
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That's when the straps lock on. |
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Cars could be equipped with fluids tanks that rotate so the cap is always up. That would be worth it given the savings on transport. |
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The centrifugal car transporter would solve all these problems |
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heh, hippo - a turbocharged cement mixer would probably do the trick. |
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Could be started for new cars. Those would receive their self reversible fluids tanks from day one, in the factory. |
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Additonal benefit: you don't lose lubes / refrigerants / screenwash if you ever have a roll over accident. |
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Of course, Hippo's idea has merit and is more spectacular. The centrifuge could be made transparent. It would be fantastic promotion for new models being launched, on their way to the dealer. |
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On behalf of a friend who's too shy to post: the centrifugal principle could be applied to many other things. The example he gave me is passenger aircraft (special training required for the stewardesses). |
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The cars could provide their own centrifugal force if they were driven around the inside of the carrier [link]. |
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Just try and make a turn with that centrifugal carrier.... Mega Gyroscopic action would prevent it. |
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Back to the original idea, fluids, yes, but also structure. Most cars don't have roll bars or ways to support the whole weight on the roof well. |
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[21 Quest] I don't think a car needs to be too advanced to do it successfully (link) |
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This really seems like a case of a solution that is more trouble than the problem could ever be. |
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You wouldn't actually save any space by
doing this, cars are already packed in
pretty tight when they're loaded onto a
car transporter. Next time you see a car
transporter have a look at how much
clear space there is between the cars -
it's not much. Modern transporters can
even tilt cars right up to almost vertical
(after you've strapped them on). The
main restrictions are length and height,
whatever you do you got to keep within
these limits. |
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