[Tech Issue] Closed cockpits- Closer to reality then we might think?

[wnut]

You wouldn't BJ you would simply reshape and work out the stresses in the carbon monocoque and canopy to fit over the driver as per the Red Bull X1 rendition.

The Hyper pro illustrates that the treatment would be possible in the lower forms of motorsport even with a tube chassis.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by wnut

You wouldn't BJ you would simply reshape and work out the stresses in the carbon monocoque and canopy to fit over the driver as per the Red Bull X1 rendition.

The Hyper pro illustrates that the treatment would be possible in the lower forms of motorsport even with a tube chassis.

Ok but the reditions of the Red Bull X1 make it look like an LMP1 car, so it's all one structure.

What if the car flips, how does the driver get out? The frame canopy has to be got rid of somehow.

[wnut]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Ok but the reditions of the Red Bull X1 make it look like an LMP1 car, so it's all one structure.

What if the car flips, how does the driver get out? The frame canopy has to be got rid of somehow.

My original idea was to use an air powered ram jack mounted under/ near the roll hoop and powered by its own supply which could be activated from inside or outside the car and would simply force the canopy off and push the car off any obstacle it was against, allowing the driver to escape. The whole unit could easily be self contained.
Would imo be safer than you would be curretly if you were upturned in a gravel trap.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by wnut

My original idea was to use an air powered ram jack mounted under/ near the roll hoop and powered by its own supply which could be activated from inside or outside the car and would simply force the canopy off and push the car off any obstacle it was against, allowing the driver to escape. The whole unit could easily be self contained.
Would imo be safer than you would be curretly if you were upturned in a gravel trap.

But is that powerful enough to open the canopy if the car is on its back?

[wnut]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

But is that powerful enough to open the canopy if the car is on its back?

Easy!

[bludvl_x19]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

But is that powerful enough to open the canopy if the car is on its back?

More importantly, is it slow and controlled so that if a driver has a neck injury, it doesn't make it worse?