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Then take a look at the deltawing concept:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81386

Holy Indycars Batman!!! 

I really don't know what to say about them.

Holy Indycars Batman!!!

It does look a bit like a Batmobile!

looks more like Dr Evils' spaceship to me

Looks like a futuristic Tyrell, missing a couple of wheels.

I would have to see a track full of them at speed to decide. :-/

I like it. But I think a driver would have to stay very aware of the big wheel pants lurking behind his field of vision.

In a high speed corner, it looks likely to go straight on though. The wheel base forward in comparison to that at the rear makes to look like a dragster and we know how stable they are when they are no going is a dead straight line

Matt

Video of it, with many nice views:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Lg5r-3cu0


Looks much larger than I first thought.  :-/

Oh god, indycar is screwed isn't it?  Hildebrand, Summerton, and Rahal are out of rides, and RHR is part time.  The next season isn't looking good in terms of numbers and its not like I can fall back on sportscar racing (in the US anyways) it isn't in any better shape.  ALMS is struggling and the DP's are just slow, ugly, redesigned stockcars.

In a high speed corner, it looks likely to go straight on though. The wheel base forward in comparison to that at the rear makes to look like a dragster and we know how stable they are when they are no going is a dead straight line

Matt

I just hope that rear upright has some type of rudder system on it like an airplane or the whole thing will twist to help in those tight S turns like at Watkins-Glenn, and Infenion.

Now heres a real racing vehicle:

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ ... -revealed/

I'm voting for that one

I wish we could see them all go at it, but I do like this one, more traditional look, almost like they're copying some F-1 cues.

Interesting wing design at the front. I wonder how they work? On aircraft they help prevent tip vortex, but on a racing car the wing design is up side down as we do not want the car to fly. So inverted wing with "normal" 737NG wing tips would seem to defeat the idea of them. It would be like putting inverted wing tips on a 737 and, well......yes. Any ideas?

Matt

Interesting wing design at the front. I wonder how they work? On aircraft they help prevent tip vortex, but on a racing car the wing design is up side down as we do not want the car to fly. So inverted wing with "normal" 737NG wing tips would seem to defeat the idea of them. It would be like putting inverted wing tips on a 737 and, well......yes. Any ideas?

Matt

Guide air around the wheels?