RUF exhibition at the Engineering Highschool on May 7.th 2002

Background:

Many people had asked me: "When can we see the status of the RUF project".
I decided that an exhibition was needed and it was created close to the RUF office.

The following pictures will give an overview of what was shown at the exhibition.

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A small selection of RUF articles from newspapers and magazines from all over the world were exhibited.

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The maxi-ruf was shown as a mock-up of half of the cabine made of honeycomb aluminium sponsored by the company Alu Plus

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The door opening was demonstrated succesfully.

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In order to save money, only a half maxi was created. A wall of mirrors made it look bigger :-)

It also solved the problem of space, since a full maxi was too large for the workshop.

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The seats were sponsored by Peugeot Denmark.

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The seats were mounted on an elegant foundation.

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A video screen is offered on some of the seats.
A movie was shown during the exhibition.

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The inventor deeply concentrated watching a movie :-)

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A very special service was visualized.
If a passenger needs contact to the operator, he can press a button and a small monitor will arrive and point in his direction.
He can now communicate directly via a video link with the operator and discuss the problem.

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The small monitor is pointing directly towards the passenger.

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Another important part of the exhibition was the new drive system for ruf no. 2

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This was the starting point for the work of students from 5 european countries working for RUF.

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The students analysed the configuration of rail, wheels and steering system.

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A mock-up was created using parts from a Renault Clio

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Hannes from Austria seen in front of the model he has created together with the group.

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Sponsors from Siemens, Alu Plus and the Ministry of Environment studying the model.