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Feb 10^th, 2010 at 2:56pm

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Then take a look at the deltawing concept:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81386

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Reply #1 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 3:45pm

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Holy Indycars Batman!!! Shocked

I really don't know what to say about them.

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Reply #2 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 3:52pm

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TSC. wrote on Feb 10^th, 2010 at 3:45pm:

Holy Indycars Batman!!!

It does look a bit like a Batmobile! Grin

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Reply #3 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 5:34pm

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looks more like Dr Evils' spaceship to me

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Reply #4 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 7:47pm

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

I would have to see a track full of them at speed to decide. Undecided

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Reply #5 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 8:32pm

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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.

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #6 - Feb 12^th, 2010 at 2:25am

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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 Grin

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Reply #7 - Feb 13^th, 2010 at 5:06am

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Video of it, with many nice views:

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

Looks much larger than I first thought. Undecided

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Reply #8 - Feb 13^th, 2010 at 12:25pm

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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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Reply #9 - Feb 13^th, 2010 at 2:36pm

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expat wrote on Feb 12^th, 2010 at 2:25am:

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 Grin

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I just hope that rear upright has some type of rudder system on it like an airplane or the whole thing will twist to help in those tight S turns like at Watkins-Glenn, and Infenion.

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Reply #10 - Feb 15^th, 2010 at 6:52pm

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Now heres a real racing vehicle:

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-2012-lola-revealed/

I'm voting for that one

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Reply #11 - Feb 15^th, 2010 at 6:58pm

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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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Reply #12 - Feb 16^th, 2010 at 3:43am

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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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Reply #13 - Feb 16^th, 2010 at 9:44am

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expat wrote on Feb 16^th, 2010 at 3:43am:

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?

Matt

Guide air around the wheels?

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