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If the front tires are significantly inside the wheel width of the rear tires, but still outside the body work, I can't see the front tires being able to run over eachother which is the main problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scotty G.
I think having them outside the front body work would also help stop people from saying this isn't an open-wheel car.
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Originally Posted by methanolHuffer
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The might want to change the name of the driver's compartment!
After seeing all the designs, including the Lola's that came out today, here's my opinion: IRL needs to go with the philosophy behind the Delta Wing (particularly an "open-source" chassis) and go with the look of something between the Delta and the Lola. In other words, take the Delta Wing project, and update it to be a bit less radical in look and style, something that reminds us more of current Indy Cars, but still is VERY forward thinking. I don't think that standalone, Lola, Swift, or Dallara will be a step forward for the series.
Danica could get a sponsorship from Doc Martens & Carhartt flannel shirts.Quote:
Originally Posted by methanolHuffer
Would need a shorter haircut through...
I hope somebody licenses a scale model to sell to hobbiests.
I've been thinking about assembling again (wintertime and all). It has been almost 20 years since I've built anything, but this concept would fit nicely on my display ledge.
This all has to be just exciting and nerve wracking for everyone. We all have opinions as fans, but there 3 conventional proposals and one game changer on the table and they have to figure out what is the way out. A wrong decision on appareance can lose fans, but a conventional evolution may not work to make the cars race better. I think two designs must be taken, and somehow hope money is founded for Deltawing to put a prototype out there to prove some of the concepts in reality. It is ugly, but what Bowlby WANTS to do is radical....and could make the IRL totally unique again...
Its not that I'm opposed to the Delta Wing car, per se... Maybe it's ugly, maybe it looks like a road going penis, but ...Lord knows Indycar needs a new exciting radical break from tradition and infusion of high technology to serve as a means to draw in media interest and re-draw spectators back into the Indy car genre...
Its just that I don't think with its small narrow front tires set so close together, its not gonna work - it is just not going to turn !!!
SoCal PE
Interesting posts from Paul Tracy on twitter about the DP01. (Note: I edited the three tweets into a single paragraph.)
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If you want the truth ! The dp1 car was a good rc car , but as a oval car , the body fit and was terible no 2 parts were ever the same or ever fit the same on the car , the key to a fast oval car is a perfect fit body parts with no gaps or seams , the dp parts fit like crapolla , I'm sure the crapaholics will be pissed at me but that's the truth.
You and I are lay people, we think that based on what we know. The thing is, great ideas never seem plausable. You can be there was guys who saw a plane for the first time at Huffman Prarie in Dayton who thought those Wright boys were fraudsters and then stood back and watched them fly around the field. The concept looks like it wont turn but if Ken Bowlby says it will, I would love him to prove it....Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalPVguy
didn't we discuss this earlier in the thread? The car will turn, it uses differential steering. The width of the front wheels is meaningless. Whether it turns as well as Bowlby says it does (better than the current Dallara) is to be seen, but as has been said earlier, the guy is not a complete amateur moron that would put a narrow front end like that if it didn't turn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa