It is one of many ways to describe slope angle.
1 in 3 means that for every 3 units travelled horizontally, the ground rises (or falls) one unit vertically.
It is one of many ways to describe slope angle.
1 in 3 means that for every 3 units travelled horizontally, the ground rises (or falls) one unit vertically.
With a De Dion rear axle, wouldn't all the benefit of adding the halfshafts and diff to the sprung weight be offset by the De Dion tube itself? Wouldn't the dead-axle De Dion end up with just as much unsprung weight as a live-axle Hotchkiss drive?
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"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
I think the de dion tube don't weight as much as an axle tube, since the load cases would change the design would be a bit more optimized I think...
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a Dion tube is hollow, so the weight will be less than one would expect.
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Why are London Taxis so heavy? They are almost 1,500 lb more heavy than a Crown Vic according to Wiki. Their wheelbases are similar, but the Vics are much longer.
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
British steel :-)
I mean, sure, rust is 30% heavier than iron, but even a solid-iron Crown Vic that has been fully and completely oxidized would be about 300 lb (135 kg) shy of the TX4.
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
why are the intakes vertical straight into the head? what benefits/problems with valves or valvetrain would this cause
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It looks to me like this was a narrow angle V engine and they found it was easier to bring the air in between the cams vs from the center of the V.
The general disadvantage is it makes the top of the head more complex with regards to packaging. It's not a unique layout but I think it would be rare on any large volume engine. With this layout you avoid a sharp bend in the intake.
The Ford-Fyot Indy V8 used a similar intake though it placed the intake cam to the outside and the exhaust exited into the V.
Its all about port design. Theoretically, you want the straightest intake port possible. A good rule of thumb is that the more you can see of the top of the intake valves the straighter and thus more efficient design of the port. But, you don't get swirl and tumble of the intake charge, which effects the burn characteristics of the engine, and thus requires some trick combustion chamber design. Designers typically don't use it anymore because they can make a more conventional port breath just as efficiently without the complex valve train and associated weight and packaging problems.
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Skidpad handling is "static" I mean the car is driven in a circle until it can no longer follow the circle track. Body lean remains mostly constant.
Slalom is about transitions. Thus the body lean might be increased because of the inertia from the previous opposite lean position.
Could a HANS device be useful without a helmet at all, using it with a head harness.
By head harness I mean something like this
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After all HANS devices can be used with open face helmets.
Of course it won't protect the head from penetrating or traumatic injuries but maybe can find some use for road cars?
After all many people drive with hats on, so the confort should be similar.
Maybe the head straps can be attached to the seat so you don't have to wear the over shoulders part. If so should the seatbelts be attached or routed thru the seats?
I was thinking about it after a head collision I just suffered myself, where the seatbelt got my torso next to the seat while the head kept on moving forward. I still have a really sore neck from it.
Where can I find past regulations for Venturi tunnels?
i.e. for Indy, IMSA GTP, Group C, even F1 when it allowed ground effect tunnels/sidepods.
I already tried to Google it without success.
Thanks guys.
My best bet would be to get in contact with the FIA and see if they keep that stuff in their archives. Try and find something in these old technical regulations:
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How come car makers don't use lithium ion batteries instead of lead acid batteries?
Besides the problem with cost and availability, I was thinking the possible weight loss might be useful.
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