Re: [DMCForum] Re: more gullwing
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Re: [DMCForum] Re: more gullwing



Your description of the hinge points is correct, but your definition of
butterfly doors is my definition of scissor doors (also commonly called
Lambo doors, for obvious reasons).

Scissor doors - primary opening motion is up and forward (not outward),
usually rotating around a single pivot-point at the base of the
A-pillar, see most newer Lamborghinis:

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/images/4713-LP500_proto_1.jpg

Gullwing Doors - primary opening motion is laterally outwards and up
(not forward), usually hinged along a longitudinal line towards the
center of the roof, see Delorean, Mercedes 300SL:

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~rschild/graphic/gullwing4.jpg

Butterfly Doors - primary opening motion is laterally outwards, up and
forward, moves as though hinged all along the A-pillar, see McLaren F1:

http://www.plus4.freeserve.co.uk/macf1/mac044.jpg

So, it seems to me that butterfly doors is the correct term for the new
SLR (coupe) concept:

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cfm/NewsID/2030711.001/mclaren/1.html

- Jon Heese

On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 16:14, Andrei Cular wrote:
> Based on the pictures I have seen of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
> Coupe's doors have two hinge points which make it a gullwing rather than
> butterfly.  The fwd hinge is located at the base of the A piller and the
> aft hinge is at the top.  The cabrio version has the butterfly doors,
> which is a single hinge point that the door rotates around.  It would be
> kind of hard to hang that whole door on the windshield with no roof...
>
>
> Andrei
>
>
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> delorean66 wrote:
>
> >btw, those are not gullwing doors. they are called "butterfly doors"
> >and if you look closely, they are not hinged the same way as the
> >delorean. ;-)
> >
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "frvianna" <frvianna@xxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>I knew I had something against Mercedes. I just saw on MSN news a
> >>picture of the Future Model SLR, by Mercedes, gullwing doors! I
> >>   
> >>
> >think
> > 
> >
> >>we can all imagine where they inspired the idea from. Only that
> >>   
> >>
> >the
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> >
> >>car is worth 300K, crazy....
> >>I couln't find a good picture of it so I could send you guys the
> >>link, but I went to mercedes.com and they have nice pictures
> >>   
> >>
> >there,
> > 
> >
> >>in case you are curious!
> >>
> >>Flavia
> >>   
> >>
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> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
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> > 
> >


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