Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: Otto Puzzell on March 04, 2011, 04:03:58 AM
Title: PAFW Puzzle #1926 - University of Michigan "Bluebird" Research Vehicle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 04, 2011, 04:03:58 AM
Know the story? For 1 point, please respond below to identify the vehicle pictured, and what it was used for.
Only complete answers will earn a point
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Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Allemano on March 04, 2011, 04:07:39 AM
Either the driver was sitting far behind the wind-shield or he had a big problem on crossings..
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Carnut on March 04, 2011, 05:25:37 AM
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 20, 2011, 06:58:43 AM
Oh, a wise guy, eh?!
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Allemano on March 20, 2011, 07:02:21 AM
quod licet jovi non licet bovi..
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 20, 2011, 07:15:20 AM
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Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Arunas on March 20, 2011, 07:24:49 AM
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Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2011, 03:40:45 AM
This square peg is going soon to the Black Hole
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: pnegyesi on March 25, 2011, 03:41:53 AM
is it circus-related?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2011, 04:09:36 AM
No; far from that.
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: pnegyesi on March 25, 2011, 04:28:49 AM
science related?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2011, 05:21:11 AM
Yes!
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: pnegyesi on March 25, 2011, 05:27:39 AM
automotive experiments?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2011, 05:30:47 AM
Yes - which kind?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: pnegyesi on March 25, 2011, 05:53:01 AM
aerodynamics?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2011, 06:02:21 AM
Yes! The point is yours. :thumbsup:
Can you tell me who built it?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: pnegyesi on March 25, 2011, 06:12:22 AM
I don't know, but I will try to find it. Built in the late 1930s?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2011, 06:24:27 AM
I don't know the year, but that's the right approximate era.
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Oguerrerob on March 27, 2011, 07:25:31 PM
Just for guessing Could it be 1951 Fageol F32F Twin Coach Convertible bus, built for evacuation from nuclear attacks (convertible into an ambulance). Bus was built by Twin Coach Company of Kent, Ohio. Before it was complete?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 28, 2011, 04:03:29 AM
A quite detailed guess, but no. Pnegyesi has already established this vehicle's purpose.
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 08, 2011, 04:25:25 AM
Built by a well-know institution of higher education and research, which later built a well known research vehicle that was considerably more aerodynamically efficient.
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: pnegyesi on April 08, 2011, 01:15:14 PM
Illinois Institute of Technology?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 08, 2011, 04:06:12 PM
Not there.
No "Tech" in the school name
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: pnegyesi on April 08, 2011, 04:13:18 PM
University of Michigan?
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 08, 2011, 04:14:00 PM
Yes! Nicely done.
I'll post the details tomorrow.
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 09, 2011, 04:16:59 AM
Automotive engineering has always played a central role in the research and teaching activities of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The University's proximity to the heart of the nation's auto industry in Detroit has made Automotive Engineering a natural focus for the Department.
Mounted on a Chevrolet chassis, the "Blue Bird" (the puzzle vehicle) served as one of the University of Michigan's first test vehicles. Its exotic design helped to determine air resistance to motion in land vehicles, and to explore the effect of changes in vehicle shape. In the days before strain gauges, Professor Walter E. Lay suspended the shell of the "Blue Bird" on an assembly of scales to measure wind resistance while driving.
Today, the W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory provides 20 engine test cells, a 2-bay vehicle laboratory, machine shops, instructional and computer labs, and offices. Student vehicle projects built here have taken high honors in competition, including the car pictured below.
Sunrayce '93, a competition for universities started by GM, (named for their 1987 World Solar Challenge winner) was held June 20-26, 1993. The race route covered over 1,100 miles (1,800 km) starting in Arlington, TX and ending in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first place car was Maize & Blue from the University of Michigan followed by the Intrepid from Cal Poly Pomona.
Title: Re: PAFW Puzzle #1926 - University of Michigan "Bluebird" Research Vehicle
Post by: gte4289 on February 27, 2021, 04:05:16 PM