Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Learn more about the design of the Lightyear One:
youtu.be/TKHjyC_L0OM
In this video, we walk around the Lightyear One solar car to analyze its aerodynamic features (it has a drag coefficient below 0.20!).
We also interview Tom Selten, the Chief Business Development Officer of Lightyear. He was the team manager of the winning Eindhoven solar race team in 2015. They raced Stella Lux, which was a family car for 4 people which triggered the Lightyear adventure.
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The AirShaper videos cover the basics of aerodynamics (aerodynamic drag, drag & lift coefficients, boundary layer theory, flow separation, reynolds number...), simulation aspects (computational fluid dynamics, CFD meshing, ...) and aerodynamic testing (wind tunnel testing, flow visualization, ...).
We then use those basics to explain the aerodynamics of (race) cars (aerodynamic efficiency of electric vehicles, aerodynamic drag, downforce, aero maps, formula one aerodynamics, ...), drones and airplanes (propellers, airfoils, electric aviation, eVTOLS, ...), motorcycles (wind buffeting, motogp aerodynamics, ...) and more!
For more information, visit airshaper.com
Learn more about the design of the Lightyear One:
youtu.be/TKHjyC_L0OM
In this video, we walk around the Lightyear One solar car to analyze its aerodynamic features (it has a drag coefficient below 0.20!).
We also interview Tom Selten, the Chief Business Development Officer of Lightyear. He was the team manager of the winning Eindhoven solar race team in 2015. They raced Stella Lux, which was a family car for 4 people which triggered the Lightyear adventure.
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The AirShaper videos cover the basics of aerodynamics (aerodynamic drag, drag & lift coefficients, boundary layer theory, flow separation, reynolds number...), simulation aspects (computational fluid dynamics, CFD meshing, ...) and aerodynamic testing (wind tunnel testing, flow visualization, ...).
We then use those basics to explain the aerodynamics of (race) cars (aerodynamic efficiency of electric vehicles, aerodynamic drag, downforce, aero maps, formula one aerodynamics, ...), drones and airplanes (propellers, airfoils, electric aviation, eVTOLS, ...), motorcycles (wind buffeting, motogp aerodynamics, ...) and more!
For more information, visit airshaper.com
