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Getting a HANDLE on your Car!
I continue to be interested in how designers improve aerodynamics of
vehicle bodies over the decades, from windshield and rear window rake to flush glass to the roundness of the transition from front bumper to quarter-panels. Composite/organic headlamps, that integrate with the body, replaced the round sealed beams of the 60s and square sealed beams of the 70s. Has any reasearch been done on the aerodynamic drag of different exterior-door handle designs http://www.cartype.com/pages/2724/the_handle ?? I definitely prefer what I call the "refrigerator" handle design which has appeared on most makes of car and truck since m/y 2000. The second and third examples in the above link(on Acuras) exemplify this design. Disappearing is the "flush" or recessed handle(scroll down, several Audi, Caddy, and Chevy examples of this design) which I always thought was more aerodynamic, but less ergonomic. Just thought I'd breach a topic taken largely for granted by car users, and muse it's contribution or reduction to aerodynamics of the vehicle. -ChrisCoaster |
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Getting a HANDLE on your Car!
On Jul 12, 10:06*am, ChrisCoaster > wrote:
> I continue to be interested in how designers improve aerodynamics of > vehicle bodies over the decades, from windshield and rear window rake > to flush glass to the roundness of the transition from front bumper to > quarter-panels. *Composite/organic headlamps, that integrate with the > body, replaced the round sealed beams of the 60s and square sealed > beams of the 70s. > > Has any reasearch been done on the aerodynamic drag of different > exterior-door handle designshttp://www.cartype.com/pages/2724/the_handle > ?? > > I definitely prefer what I call the "refrigerator" handle design which > has appeared on most makes of car and truck since m/y 2000. *The > second and third examples in the above link(on Acuras) exemplify this > design. *Disappearing is the "flush" or recessed handle(scroll down, > several Audi, Caddy, and Chevy examples of this design) which I always > thought was more aerodynamic, but less ergonomic. > > Just thought I'd breach a topic taken largely for granted by car > users, and muse it's contribution or reduction to aerodynamics of the > vehicle. > > -ChrisCoaster Another factor that influences door handle design is that I believe some ECE reg requires that door handles have a loop with both ends attached to the structure of the door (I'm paraphrasing, and didn't look up the actual reference) if you notice, it is only American and Asian cars that use the "flap" style door handle, which I loathe (due to a flaky power lock on my previous Impala, I would always peel back my fingernails when trying to open the LR door, forgetting to visually check if it had really unlocked first... eventually I started pressing the "unlock" button 4-5x before trying the door, but even then sometimes it wouldn't work. The newer model Impalas use door handles that appear to be in line with ECE regs.) All my German cars have had handles with a loop, either the squeezy trigger kind (older VWs, Porsche) or ones where you actually pull the loop out to unlatch the door (VW Corrado, VW GTI 1.8T - and also the new (2008) Impala even though it's not German. Handles on the Impala look similar to the Malibu, which I believe is based off an Opel so that makes sense.) nate |
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Getting a HANDLE on your Car!
On Jul 12, 10:24*am, N8N > wrote:
> > Another factor that influences door handle design is that I believe > some ECE reg requires that door handles have a loop with both ends > attached to the structure of the door (I'm paraphrasing, and didn't > look up the actual reference) if you notice, it is only American and > Asian cars that use the "flap" style door handle, which I loathe (due > to a flaky power lock on my previous Impala, > > nate- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - _______________ Easier for ol' Biff to stick his cane through, eh? LOL! -CC |
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Getting a HANDLE on your Car!
1947 Ford, Biff's car? Back to the Future.(I love those Back to the
Future movies) It had real Good door handles. cuhulin |
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