"What is claimed is: 1. A method for lofting and cutting a flat starting blank in a plane and for transforming the starting blank by compounding into a plate to be applicable to a specified patch on a surface having non-zero Gaussian curvature, said surface representing a 3-D shell structure to be fabricated by assembling plates comprising:"

"The Oldsmobile Aerotech's 2.3-liter 4-cylinder engine produced an astonishing 800 horsepower. In 1987, race driver A.J Foyt set two separate land speed records in two different versions of the Aerotech. Built on a modified GM Indy Car chassis, the Aerotech was designed by Ed Welburn, now GM's global head of design. The Aerotech is less than 2 feet tall and rides less than an inch from the ground. The car's underbody includes a tunnel carved out to provide added downforce. Underbody sections can be adjusted to tweak the amount and placement of downforce. · Date: Fri March 23, 2007 · Views: 573 · Filesize: 15.4kb · Dimensions: 310 x 107 ·"