Revised NH35a Rotors

I concur. That mantle clock curve is harmonious and simple, purposeful. I'd be tempted to blend the bottom round portion around the bearing with the straight portion underneath using a concave radius too.

Does a rotor have to have a certain amount of mass to function properly?

Just a random thought as to how well a very skeletonised one would function 🤔

Anyway, if it came down to aesthetics I would go top right too 😊👌

I believe so. I haven't submitted a finished design yet to see. But I'm hoping the thickness of the end of the rotor could possibly be enlargened to accommodate. If not then ill have to redesign and possibly just fill in that lower triangle and have something written on it or just filled.

I really appreciate the insight. I think I see what you mean by your design suggestion. I might actually do that and upload it here and see what you think.

Was this what you were meaning @OscarKlosoffWatch ?

@OscarKlosoffWatch I actually shortened the height of the top of the bearing area as my previous design was actually off and unbalanced visually. So either way thank you for that haha. But I actually am digging this design. The only issue now relates back to another comment made about the weight of the wheel needing to be a certain amount, or in a certain area maybe? I am going to have to figure this out as it seems this design would put more weight around the bearing area possibly... of course, this is all just theory.

One more variation. Slightly more skeletonized and a piece on the bottom triangle for (possible) weight balancing

Top right. They’re all cool, but the one on the top right stands out.

Ooh, I see it now, there is an imaginary concentric circle where things did not align previously. I suspect others are right, that one wants the center of gravity as far outboard as possible, literally eccentric, for maximum efficiency. I'm tempted to radius the inside of the cutout at the far left and right, but that gets into two radii meeting which can get tricky.

With these cutouts "under the arch" I start wondering why the horizontal bar is even there and why the vertical top of the H is not just extended upward instead. If that's done, then the inside of the outer "corners" can get radiused to remove negative space and highlight the logo. Of course I'm not sure if this is truly helping push weight off center or not.

Wouldn't the heaviest work most efficiently?

I'm assuming the heavier the rotor is towards the outside edge, the more rotation it should have (according to my broken physics model in my head lol)

Wow that is a lot of awesome information. I'll have to read it a few times to understand and try to draw/design what your referring to so I can get a visual

Makes sense mate 👍🏻

I believe that this was the original inspiration:

It looks like you used a lot of Japans architecture in the design and looks awesome.

In my opinion the base outline was the best at your previous post and to one in the comment with the blue detail.