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If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:56 pm

Then take a look at the deltawing concept:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81386
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby TSC. » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:45 pm

Holy Indycars Batman!!!  :o

I really don't know what to say about them.
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby ApplePie » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:52 pm

Holy Indycars Batman!!!

It does look a bit like a Batmobile! ;D
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:34 pm

looks more like Dr Evils' spaceship to me
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby ShaneG_old » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:47 pm

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

I would have to see a track full of them at speed to decide. :-/
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby Steve M » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:32 pm

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.
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby expat » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:25 am

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 ;D

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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby ShaneG_old » Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:06 am

Video of it, with many nice views:

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


Looks much larger than I first thought.  :-/
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:25 pm

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.
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby Capt.Propwash » Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:36 pm

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 ;D

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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:52 pm

Now heres a real racing vehicle:

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

I'm voting for that one
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby ShaneG_old » Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:58 pm

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.
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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby expat » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:43 am

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?

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Re: If You Thought the Lotus F-1 Was Ugly.....

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:44 am

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?

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Guide air around the wheels?
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