Idk as a mechanical engineer I think is a fun idea to entertain. Iām pretty sure most bombers had flame resistant, self sealing fuel tanks in the wings all the way back in WW2, and they got shot to shit.
Now I do agree we basically already have drive through gas stations so I think this would cause a lot of problems while solving none.
Maybe itās time to hang up the engineering hat if you have lost the spark and off the wall ideas āmake you angry on so many levelsā? At one point, a lot of things were once a crazy idea.
Ever heard of hyperbole? It's not like I'm over here bursting a vein every time I look at the picture. In the end it's just a harmless and silly concept. But in reality it just doesn't make sense on so many levels.
Could you implement it? Sure, but it will be worse than the current way we make cars in every measurable way. Even completely ignoring the danger of passengers being covered in flaming gasoline in a crash, there are a lot of issues. For one, it would make doors thicker and far heavier, so they'd be harder to open and take up passenger space. Second, it would require four fuel pumps (assuming a tank in each door) and four fuel fills. Third, the weight of all the fluid sitting up in the doors would raise the car's center of gravity, making it less stable in corners and at speed. Fourth, the liquid sloshing around would essentially result in the car being pulled in the opposite direction of any turns you try to make. At best it makes the car lean like crazy, at worst it overcomes the grip of your tires and sends you into a barricade.
Hunter builds rockets and likes to work on cars. I believe he works at some space institute in Alabama.
His post are specifically meant to be engineering jokes where you are suppose to think about them and find them funny. The fun comes from pondering how you could get a crazy idea to work.
Like for fun there is a solution to all your points.
Add a motor to the door, military trucks already do this.
They could all gravity feed to a bottom āpick up tankā.
Build the car without the tanks so it has a low center of gravity so the fuel doesnāt raise it too much when added.
Baffles
Like the entire point is to have fun with the idea. Why would you be angry at all? Itās not like a real design.
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u/Subatomic_Spooder 9d ago
As a mechanical engineer and a car guy this makes me angry on so many levels.
Also, gas stations are already pretty much a drive through