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Subject: For the Racing Fans Author: Boyd Percy [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 02:16:31 02/06/14 Thu I saw the following on gocomics.com on 2-6-14. In Ripley's Believe It or Not, they claimed a Formula 1 race car creates so much aerodynamic downforce that in theory it could drive upside down along the roof of a tunnel at high speeds. Does anyone think that this might be plausible? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: For the Racing Fans Author: GeorgeTheCar [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:35:20 02/06/14 Thu >I saw the following on gocomics.com on 2-6-14. In >Ripley's Believe It or Not, they claimed a Formula 1 >race car creates so much aerodynamic downforce that in >theory it could drive upside down along the roof of a >tunnel at high speeds. > >Does anyone think that this might be plausible? Absolutely! Current F1 cars weigh about 1600 lbs with fuel and driver and develop 3x that in downforce. The first car that claimed to do that was the Chaparral 2J of 1970. I|n fact the designer Jim Hall was so sure of that that he proposed doing a commercial demonstrating that for GE one of the sponsors. They were all for until they saw the cost of production.

[> [> Subject: Re: For the Racing Fans Author: GeorgeTheCar [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:21:09 02/06/14 Thu Hear it from the horses mouth! http://www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=2426&title=Ground%20Effects%20Car%20Part%201

[> [> [> Subject: Re: For the Racing Fans Author: Boyd Percy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:20:52 02/06/14 Thu >Hear it from the horses mouth! > > >href="http://www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?vi >deo=2426&title=Ground%20Effects%20Car%20Part%201">http: >//www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=2426&ti >tle=Ground%20Effects%20Car%20Part%201 Thanks for the information and link. Very interesting!