Vehicle canopy is a door type that is rarely used for cars. It has no official name so it's also known as articulation canopy , canopy bubble , cockpit canopy , canopy door , or just the canopy . The canopy is a type of door that is above the car and raised in a certain way, to provide access for passengers. This is similar to a plane canopy. No sub-types of existing canopy, so they can be hinged in front, side, or back, although the hinges on the front are the most common. Canopy doors are rarely used in production cars, and are sometimes used on concept cars.
Video Vehicle canopy
Benefits
- Normal car doors open out of the car lane, so they can block the road or sidewalk when opened. This is not a problem with the canopy because they are open vertically.
- A pillar is not necessary because there is no side door, so the windshield can extend from front to back of the car, giving the driver a vision field of more than 180 degrees and minimizing blind spots. A pillar is sometimes still added, as with Sterling Nova, to give the car a more conventional look.
Maps Vehicle canopy
Loss
- Air conditioning or climate control is required with an all-glass canopy or with glass wrapping because the canopy provides a considerable 'greenhouse effect'.
- In case of a rolled accident, getting out of the vehicle is not possible, short of breaking the glass.
- Entry and exit from the vehicle can be difficult with high and awkward roof positions. This problem is solved with Saab Aero X, which has a 3 piece canopy to fully open the interior.
- In bad weather situations such as snow, rain, or hail, it is impossible to enter or exit the vehicle without getting a wet interior, except under cover (you also need to clean up a significant accumulation of snow from the roof or too heavy to lift).
Cars that use the canopy
This is not a complete list of cars that use canopy, but only a few examples.
Messerschmitts
Messerschmitt, the famous German aircraft manufacturer, was not allowed to manufacture aircraft after World War II. Instead, they produce cars. It was designed by aircraft engineer Fritz Fend. Vehicle canopy is a new concept believed to be created by Messerschmitt; this comes from the design of their aircraft. They quickly adopted the canopy because this was the simple solution they experienced. Unlike most car canopies, the Messerschmitt canopy is hinged on the sides, like the famous Bf 109 battles canopy (as is common with many pre-war designs and wartime wars). The problem with the hinge side, is that for a car with normal adjoining seating arrangements, the passenger sitting closest to the hinge should climb on the outside seat to get out of the car. For that reason the side-hinging canopy is best suited for single or tandem-seat passenger cars, and after this, the canopy is usually hinged in front or back.
1953 Messerschmitt KR175
KR175 is the first car, production or concept, which has a canopy. In 1956, the model was changed to Messerschmitt KR200.
1956 Messerschmitt KR200
The most visible thing of the KR200 is its distinctive bubble canopy, which gives rise to the term 'bubble car'. KR200 holds a hinged Messerschmitt-side canopy. This is usually transparent acrylic ("Plexiglas" or "Perspex"), although reproduction is a polymethyl methacrylate that is safe for cars.
1970 Ferrari Modulo concept car
Only one unit of Ferrari 512 S Modulo is built, to design by Pininfarina.
1970 Bond Bug
The Bond Bug is a small 3-wheel sports car and is the first production car to use a front-hinged canopy.
1971 Nova kit car
Besides Purvis Eureka (Nova licensed copy) and Bond Bug, Nova is the only production car to date that uses a hinged front canopy door. The windshield has a small A-pillar so it looks like a conventional car when the canopy is closed.
1985 Buick Wildcat concept car
Buick Wildcat 1985 concept car has a canopy. The canopy style used is the extended canopy, as it consists of many front parts of the body, and not just the passenger compartment. Canopies are used in this concept car because it is considered futuristic.
2002 Volkswagen 1 liter car
Volkswagen concept 1 liter car, VW 1L, using a canopy door. 2013 production version of this concept using the butterfly door.
2005 Maserati Birdcage 75th car concept
The 75th Maserati Birdcage does not have a conventional door, but uses an extended canopy system. Model demonstrators are less air-conditioned so reporters (including Evo Magazine's Harry Metcalfe) experience the 'greenhouse effect' mentioned earlier: while driving their vehicles are reportedly forced to keep the bubbles slightly open on hot days to cool the car's interior.
2006 Saab Aero-X concept car
Aero X's top canopy is laid out on one of Saab's planes, and it is their inspiration to use the canopy. The canopy opens with a remote control, and there is a lever to close it again.
Three-piece canopy removes problems such as tall and sloping roofs, although the mechanism is more complicated and heavier, and more likely to fail; leaving a passenger stranded in the car. Canopies include wrapping glass and glass roof, side windows and body panels (which lift up, lower the frame), and the roof top of the interior fascia (which moves inward so as not to block in/out). These sections are intricately directing themselves into positions where they take as little space as possible. This construction eliminates the need for doors and pillars A so that the windshield extends from B-pillar to B-pillar, which has important benefits for improving overall visibility.
Batmobile
Various Batmobile models used in the production of Batman films use canopy doors.
Custom car
Bubble canopies are popular in some special cars, especially those by Ed Roth, such as Orbitron, Road Agent and Beatnik Bandit.
Lamborghini
Lamborghini Egoista, the company's 50th anniversary car, has this kind of door. It's designed to look like a fighter jet.
Holden
Holden Hurricane, a concept car from 1969.
See also
- List of cars with unusual door design
- Suicide door
- Scissor doors
- Gullwing Door
- The butterfly door
- Sliding door
- Car doors
References
External links
- Nova Video
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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