Heh, it's interesting to note that the SLR article I cite claims that
the car has gullwing doors... incorrectly, I believe.
- Jon Heese
On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 16:31, Jon Heese wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >>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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