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Richard Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car

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Dymaxion Car
R.B.Fuller
I built a 3ds Max model of the Dymaxion Car years back and have revived it in some renders here.
 
Some Background information. The Dymaxion Car was a teardrop-shaped (least air resistance), 3-wheeled, rear-wheel (single) steering, 20 foot long, Aluminum bodied auto, designed by Buckminster Fuller in 1933 to achieve maximum output and service with minimum material input.  It was about 6 feet tall (kind of like a big van), seated the driver and 10 passengers, weighed around 1600 lbs., went 120 miles/hr on a 90 horsepower engine, and got as much as 30 miles to the gallon of gas.  Fuller referred to it as the "Dymaxion Car", "Dymaxion Vehicle", and "Omni-Medium Transport" since it was ultimately intended to go by land, water, or sky.  Only three were ever built. Until Lord Foster built No.4 in 2011- fantastic!
 
Fuller's Car 3 at Chicago World Fair in 1933.
 
Lord Foster's Car 4. Link to a great film and info about this version of the car here
Richard Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car
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Richard Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car

The Dymaxion Car was a teardrop-shaped (least air resistance), 3-wheeled, rear-wheel-steering, 20 foot long, Aluminum bodied auto, designed by Bu Read More

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