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13.4k airlinerbuilder  15 days ago

Hello everyone! Quick post to close the summer season before school starts (don't worry, this year i'll try not disappearing..... At least until november rolls around). So, say hello to my smallest off-roader.

-Sketches
lol

-What Is this?
A 2 seater, 3 door microcar based on the Giat B0X1NA.
It's slightly bigger being 2.7 meters long and 1.5 meters tall but it's still well under the 3.2 meters of the Terram A-Hiker and as such i couldn't use its smooth 2CV like suspension but i managed modify the what the B0X1NA had to make It more comfortable on rough terrain.
Range Is around 200-300 km depending on where and how it's driven.

-Lore
By the time Giat introduced their B0X1NA, they had developed a new modification of their C.V.P. specifically engineered to build cars in what was called the "0 segment" (which included cars/ vehicles shorter than 3 meters and capable at best of 100Km/h max speed).
While the decision to modify the C.V.P. was done for cost cutting, the development of the new platform was still rather costly so the company wanted to spread development cost on other models.
Announcements came where the new platform was officially called "C.V.P.-Micro" and that Phonix and Terram would create a model each using it.
This wasn't well received though. Both companies built cars made for harsh conditions (Phonix built sport cars, Terram built off-roaders) and the C.V.P.-Micro was ideal mostly for cheap urban vehicles, this was especially a problem for Terram since, for the first time ever, they couldn't use their trademark smooth suspension that they insisted on using on all of their cars.
So, reluctantly, work started on the new car.
The design was quickly finished, it would be a 2.7 meters long microcar that combined the shapes of the B0X1NA and the A-HIKER creating what was deemed "the most normal looking Terram of all time".
Development was rather slow though, mainly due to a redesign and problems with some sections of the car that were hard to implement on the simplified platform it was supposed to be based on.
Once the car entered the market it was presented as a cool and practical vehicle for young rural people and it ended up being a decent success, but it remained the least selling Terram mostly due internal competition with the slightly larger A-Hiker and Giat B0X1 Cross

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 5.2ft (1.6m)
  • Length 8.8ft (2.7m)
  • Height 5.0ft (1.5m)
  • Empty Weight 1,221lbs (554kg)
  • Loaded Weight 1,930lbs (875kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 42.607
  • Wing Loading 573.9lbs/ft2 (2,802.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 3.4ft2 (0.3m2)
  • Drag Points 1492

Parts

  • Number of Parts 285
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,583