Still better than Danica's proposal: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
http://www.everythingweird.com/images/shoe-car_1333.jpg
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Still better than Danica's proposal: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
http://www.everythingweird.com/images/shoe-car_1333.jpg
300 Hp, little downforce.
So they put their minds together and created a car that will probably be slower than a Formula Atlantic?
Can you imagine what it would have looked like if Mario would have been driving one of them when he flipped at the Speedway? uhhh, Houston, we have a problem..
I agree with the concern over how that thing will react when it hits the wall on a speedway like TMS, let alone at Indy. It may work ok on roadcourses, but I just can't imagine what would happen the first time all hell breaks loose on an oval.
Bowlby claims the less frontal area and lack of wings will help it. I agree, I think he is nuts, but he is the engineer and people paid him good money to put this out there. So either they are all nuts, or someone will have to produce numbers to prove the concept.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
It isn't for us fans on a fan forum to decide if this thing will work, it is for someone to build the damn car and prove it works. I just caution everyone to be open to the reality it MAY work...
I have no problem allowing something like that attempting to qualify to race, but mandating that for the entire field as the spec....... I'd finally be out of Indycar racing for good.
Considering that as far as I know, there are no engineers on this forum, really all that we can do is speculate on the performance, and comment on the look of it. The performance is probably there to an extent as Bowlby is doubtfully a complete moron in designing a car that performs subpar to the current Dallara. So to me the questions have more to do with safety, how it races, and whether its unique look will draw in or turn away fans. To assume that Bowly has designed a car that is going to have inferior performance on ovals and roadcourses is basically calling him a failure as an engineer. Which may be the case. But until it's on the track, I'm not going to hold onto any judgements in that direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Also I'd like to point out that Ganassi owns the biggest/best wind-tunnel in North America, located here in the northeast. So I'd bet this has been thrown in there and it's not all computer simulations. Keep in mind that he's suggesting comparable performance to current cars with an engine half the size or less (300 hp) so design-wise there's something going on that makes it a very efficient chassis.
I was really wishing that I was going to be wrong when I posted the photos, but this whole thing feels like a big stunt. This abortion is what all the hype was about? This is the thing that is going to save Indy Car & open wheel racing in America?
And I don't care how great of a designer Ben Bowlby is, many greater designers had failed designs, ex the Lotus 63, the Lotus 76, the Chaparral 2H, and I could go on.
The nice thing is we can sell collectibles at various "adult shops" all over the world.
That was my thinking. This design didn't come from some college student messing around on photoshop. I don't like the design BUT if it does all that he say's it does, I would love to see the concept come to a prototype....Quote:
Originally Posted by NickFalzone
A couple more simulation videos of the Delta car:
Indy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cxe_hN5sDw
Airflow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAo0mbCFDAw