Car made with wood
 

Splinter Supercar

When Joe Harmon and his graduate student buddies at North Carolina State University needed to complete a woodworking project, they didn’t set out to build a bridge with popsicle sticks. They had a Cadillac engine and wood. Lots of wood. Lots of different kinds of wood. Says the leader of the group, “We figured that if it was possible to make a 425mph wooden plane 60 years ago, we could have a go at a wooden supercar."

http://autos.sympatico.ca/docs/4d559...r-Supercar.jpg

link: http://autos.sympatico.ca/did-you-kn...made-with-wood

are the center part of the wheels wooden as well? if so, its pretty cool but doesnt sound too safe lol

cool!!

before the thread opened up, i thought it was some "artwork" from arash

http://www.joeharmondesign.com/

It's pretty cool that they started right from scratch, making their own veneer strips to later weave into what would be the skin. I didn't watch all the vids but suspect they might have reinforced the skin with some sort of epoxy resin.

Either way, cool project.

thats some artistic work

what would happen in a fire accident?

what do you think :speechless:

It's okay, the Italians have proved recently that it doesnt really matter if the car is made of wood or carbon & aluminum... they all burn.

http://www.egmcartech.com/wp-content...mages_main.jpg

mobile campfire

I dunno.

it will melt? :whistle:

When I saw the thread title, I thought it was Arash goin' at it again.

This is pretty old news.

ICBC's fucked:

http://www.detroitriver.ca/assets/images/beaver.jpg
http://www.furrytalk.com/wp-content/.../2009/06/1.jpg
http://www.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGet...=271&PN=Shared

yea. I think I read this in PopSci a long time ago.