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- From: thos@suite.sw.oz.au (Thomas Cohen)
- Subject: Re: F1 Stuff
- Organization: Softway Pty Ltd
- Date: 19 Nov 92 21:04:49 GMT
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- References: <BxGLC1.5B2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <78560024@teecs.UUCP> <d.calwell.4.0@trl.oz.au> <1992Nov13.050305.15992@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- In <1992Nov13.050305.15992@bmerh85.bnr.ca> myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui) writes:
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- >In article <d.calwell.4.0@trl.oz.au> d.calwell@trl.oz.au (David Calwell) writes:
- >>suggests, it would make more sense to put the weight on the suspension.
- >>Am i mistaken or is there a rule that covers this.
-
- >If by "suspension" you mean the unsprung portions of the car, then of
- >course it would not work, since the large movements and high
- >acceleration that part of the car goes through would break the wing's
- >mounting struts in a moment and prevent the tires from closely contacting
- >the road surface through all the undulations.
-
- Au contraire, as others (and myself) have posted, it _is_ more sensible
- to have the wings reacting on the unsprung mass of the car, but this
- makes handling really evil if something breaks. Mind you, if something
- breaks anyway the handling goes up the spout - witness Schumacher in
- Hungary.
-
- And I don't think the 'high acceleration' that the wheels etc. undergo
- would matter damn to the mounting struts of the wings, as they can
- make those things amazingly strong. Face it, if they used them that
- way 25 years ago, the increases in speed and loadings is more than
- compensated by the increases in materials technology.
-
- regards,
- --
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