stevelischynsky

I found the discussion of the comparison of the Raptor F22 afterburner visual appearance used as a design insparation of the C7 tail lights an interesting comment on the 3D tail light postings interesting, so I though I'd highlight this comparison on a new thread.

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpa...fterburner.jpg

http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9355a972.jpg

Thanks to BEACHMAN16 and OHV4LIFE for the insight.

BlueOx

Yeah, it's all part of Team C7's evil plan.

User 2623

I can dig it , man.
It's rad.

CarBoy

Tail lights look pretty sweet in the dark.
I think they would have been better received if it weren't for the vents around them.

11BladeGS

Cool...that "F22" spoiler setup ought to look pretty sweet too!

dcbingaman

The F-22 doesn't have spoilers - those are on the F-14 Tomcat for glide path control. The F-22 has something better - vectored thrust !!

A good airframe and it's twin F119 jet engines are the fighter versions of the LS9 !! Too bad they only built 187 of 'em. The F-35 is a poor substitute - a 21st century Brewster Buffalo.

RC000E

I dont know why the facepalm up there...the designers and marketing guys addmitted the F22 played a large role in c7's design. They have special internal posters, which were auctioned at the bash, of the c7 and f22 together

Tony C7

I dig the new tail lights...never had a complaint about them. I'm glad GM deviated away from tradition in this case. The old round tail lights looked stale IMO.

Trackaholic

Completely agree with this.

New lights = Awesome
Runny mascara vents = Not Awesome

Hence I am leaning strongly towards Lime Rock Green, which IMO drastically reduces the visual clutter of all the vents.

-T

Bigsquat

What do you think the rear would like if the vents were body colored and not black (unless the body is already black) to try and camoflauge them? On the black C7 the vents are definitely less noticeable. Photoshop anyone?

Shurshot

Maybe with the HiPo version we will see rectangular exhaust as well. They would round of the F22 look quite well

sfc rick

F-22 poser ? What's next a long tirade about how desk bound designers really wanted Darth Vader face vents....amazing.

11BladeGS

Knew I should have used a smilie to show I was joking. I mean really, tail lights (also brake lights, doh!) being little "afterburners"? I can just hear the ridicule now about the C7's "afterburners" not kicking in if it loses a race

I really like the C7, but this sort of talk about a design feature seems more suited to a child's toy than a world class performance car.

johnodrake

Spoilers are on a lot of different aircraft, including the venerable old S2F.

Pop-Pop

Very cool-thanks!

Daekwan06

Agreed.

Going to look so awesome seeing a C7 taillights at night!

sam90lx

And some smoother lines with any luck.

Wass

GM also compared the C6 to the F22 Raptor.

"2005 Corvette continues the Corvette side-profile tradition of a jet-fighter canopy on a fuselage. Viewed from above, the cockpit style of the car has been extended to the roof, with more defined dual blisters."

“We looked to inspiration from modern jet fighters,” said Peters (Tom Peters, chief designer of the 2005 Corvette). “The side profile brings to mind the silhouette of an F22 Raptor – angular and aggressive, but with just the right amount of curves.”

"Reflector optics give the illuminated taillamps a glow reminiscent of jet afterburners."
http://www.c6registry.com/january04/design.htm

dochorsepower

S2F - My God that's old, I was on the other side of the hangar in a P2V Neptune.

But if there is F-22 inspiration, when do we get thrust vectoring?

CarBoy

LOL made me think of Alice Cooper