They had one of these parked at the Google I/O after-party this year.
From looking at it -- specifically, that big wing where you'd normally expect a bumper on a car -- it made me wonder what would happen to the aerodynamic profile of the car if it got the sort of usual dents and dings a car gets.
I know my car accumulated a few of them before I even made the first payment. Would something like that have the potential of rendering it unairworthy?
(pilot) Probably wouldn't be significant. If you go walk around at an airfield you'll notice all types of similar imperfections on airplanes and they still fly perfectly fine and are classified as airworthy.
There are a few exceptions (propeller, cracks, etc...) but planes are a lot more forgiving to surface deformities than you would imagine.
From looking at it -- specifically, that big wing where you'd normally expect a bumper on a car -- it made me wonder what would happen to the aerodynamic profile of the car if it got the sort of usual dents and dings a car gets.
I know my car accumulated a few of them before I even made the first payment. Would something like that have the potential of rendering it unairworthy?