The Real P5 ?

[AriLea]

We call that periscope the Paracamera. I think Zelio thought of that first :-)

 

[Ty]

P5 PROGRESS looking good!

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Thanks for posting these. Of course, I have them via email but I was hoping someone would post them here.

 

[Ty]

Well, alrightie then! From the list of items in the text, this is actually huge progress. The engine and tranny is not in the car obviously, but they say it's mountings are done, and that's the bigger deal. They are keeping the big stuff out while they complete the body attachment, finishing and do overall paint etc. The images make it look less than 50% when in fact it's more like 60% done. The important stuff is always below the water-line.

After the body is complete then they can get the electrical installed, which is easiest before too much hardware gets in the way. However a good design should allow all electrical access even after big things like the engine and gas tank are installed.

Final assembly is much less work than making sure everything has a place, fits, works and has mountings.

Big fat double decker cudo's!

some of the electrical runs along the roll cage along the roof and down below the door... that whole blind structural nut, electrical connection, blind structural nut, electrical connection thing Paul talked about. That stuff should already be in there unless they are waiting to put that in the final builds.

 

[Ty]

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Another option would be to mount a piece of Polycarbonate (you don't want to ever use Plexiglas for an outside surface) in the back hatch.
The other idea I came up with last night was a periscope connected to a monitor; little "joystick" or 4 axis pad so you could adjust the direction you can see.
The hole on the edge? most likely damage.
And besides the vice grips, all of the cleco's tell me that body is on and off multiple times.
I love those fasteners, they make fab work just that much easier.

... or just link to the Skyz system's 360 camera, backup camera, and forward view camera and pipe that video to a headrest monitor.

 

[Ian442]

I got the email about this around 1:30 am. I was at work walking activating data jacks and flipped through while roaming the corridors.

Very stoked by what I got to see.

 

[Rickb]

I got the email about this around 1:30 am. I was at work walking activating data jacks and flipped through while roaming the corridors.

Very stoked by what I got to see.

I was somewhat stoked by the P5 build photos too. It is my personal definition of real progress.

 

[Ekh]

Another option would be to mount a piece of Polycarbonate (you don't want to ever use Plexiglas for an outside surface) in the back hatch.
The other idea I came up with last night was a periscope connected to a monitor; little "joystick" or 4 axis pad so you could adjust the direction you can see.
The hole on the edge? most likely damage.
And besides the vice grips, all of the cleco's tell me that body is on and off multiple times.
I love those fasteners, they make fab work just that much easier.

You guys know everything!

 

[pistonboy]

Some things I noticed about the P5 progress pix -- the thing is held together with vice grips! Also, it looks as if on the far left there's another Elio frame in the works. Or maybe it's scrap. Finally, from the shape of the new trunk lid opening, I wonder how hard it would be to mount a piece of plexi into the trunk lid j -- and provide rear view at the same time, or at least some extra light for the rear compartment. Or maybe use the transparent plastic INSTEAD of the opaque standard issue. Another option?

Oh, and is that a significant nick or an intentional hole or dimple in the left edge of the trunk rim?

Didn't you know? Vice grips is the modern version of bailing wire.

 

[pistonboy]

I believe the outside composite panels will be glued to the roll cage frame. Will the inside panels also be glued to the roll cage frame? I know robots can add glue to the outside panels and place them on the frame without any human help. I wonder if the same would be true of the inside panels. These may be more tricky and need human help. I hope no inside panels have to be cut off to gain access to things inside the walls.

 

[slinches]

I think they usually fasten the interior panels with spring clips of some sort. At least I hope they do. The first thing I'll do on any vehicle I buy is pull out nearly all of the interior so I can install sound deadening materials. If they are glued in and the road noise is bad I may have to rethink my decision to buy.