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is the engine direction known for this project yet????.....I seem to remember reading 300bhp, using something like a 1.6/2.0 turbocharged I4......or will it be normally aspirated????.....surely an OEM/manufacturer must be interested in showcasing a downsized turbo engine, there are plenty around now pushing 300bhp, as they are replacing V6 and V8 engines in family cars with em.
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They're using a WRC engine which are manufactuer developed and bulletproof.
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That was me when the first raised nosed Tyrell showed up. I think a proper F1, or any Open Wheel formula, should have it's nose sniffing the ground searching for the best line. I still think modern F1 cars look like Preying Mantiss's, but I can tolerate them. I think the DW will be like the Aston, if it's slow, then folks will point to that and say...'See! I was right.'
If the DW can hold it's own, then over time fewer and fewer folks will carp about it, til only old fogeys like me even remember what a 4 cornered car looked like. Or what a true PETROL SCREAMING engine sounded like. dh |
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I've always thought Carbon Fibre was a rather rigid item. When teams removed the rear deck to work on an engine bay issue, two guys would lift the deck and there would be no flex, even when they stood the deck piece up while the service went on.
But last spring at Sebring, the Highcroft Honda needed some service and the entire rear deck section was lifted away, with some considerable flexing of the piece. I knew the ARX cars went on a weight reduction program after the first year of development, but I don't recall seeing other Protos or Grand Am Uglies flex when the deck was lifted. I wonder if Wirth took the Carbon to as thin as possible and now constructers will need to examine other options for strength without weight gain. This REAMS stuff sounds like a low energy version carbon fibre. dh |
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I am quite interested to see if it works as advertised. I think Dr Don was saying it will dent, and not shatter like Carbon Fiber, so you can heat it up and bang out the pieces. If this technology takes off that would be a great contribution, regardless of how the DW does.
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REAMs is Tegris, a woven plastic fiber cloth. It's a dry fabric and I hear very bad things about its usability as it has no tack thus won't stick to molds without a hell of a lot of consternation. I understand the plies are particularly thin requiring many layers in order to build up to typical section thickness. That it's cheaper per linear yard is rather meaningless: anyone in the composite industry knows costs are purely associated with labor hours. Thus if you're putting more time into layup (more plies) and finishing the piece on the back end you're loosing out in a bigger way. And if backed with carbon throw its recyclability out the window. |
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there was a video of Duncan talking to the National Press Club the other day, and they had a clip of a Deltawing up on a lift. It is at 2:15 of this video. I think it might have been from the model they used for Indy, but maybe it is the new chassis in build?
edit: I looked at it again and I think it is Ben Bowlby and Dan Gurney looking at it, so that makes it seem more like it is a new chassis. |
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Half the wieght of what an F1 car? Those are what now 1500lbs. How much lighter can it be when the load forces web when relative have need to make the components that robust. Maybe resigning to active aero and skinnier higher pressure tires we can see something.
I don't see this as reevolutionary as a midengine layout. |
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Multiple reports of Highcroft being dissolved, though nothing official... wonder how that affects this project going forward.
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Put Dan Weldon or a similar mal-nourished pint sized jockey in there and watch the thing go. Put an all female team of Danicas or smaller drivers and see how their slightly lower center of gravity helps them whip through the approach to the Indianapolis corner. Even better, a group of 14 year old future F1 cart racers who only know ON or OFF. dh |
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I still wonder about the size of it. 460-470kg really. How much weight and where will it be saved. Or better how much ballast does a modern prototype Have?
Things can get smaller I figure but I wouldn't think that. Much smaller safely. |
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With the Delta Wing, you have a smaller front end which has to save some weight there. F1 cars run around 600 kg (I think) and they are plenty safe judging by some of the accidents in recent years. But I don't know where you would drop another 100+kg from a F1 car to get the DW weight |
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an F1 car includes driver weight so you are now down to 525kg, remove KERS and an F1 car should be well under 500kg
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FWIW, the first Acura P1, the ARX-02, was well under the weight limit. This allowed so much ballast to be placed so that the front to rear weight ratio was 50/50. Most(but certainly not all) rear engine cars are probably closer to 46/54. dh |
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I know, but they keep selling the car as "half the weight, half the drag, half the power, half the consumption" so they must mean half the weight of something, and if it is an LMP1 car then half the weight is 450kg.
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The F1 weight results come at a HUGE expense, something in theory that is not a part of this Delta, as one of the great benefits was not costing the GDP of small countries.
I am sorry, I am a total cynic on this thing-it is being sold with amazing amounts of snake oil. I watched the video, sound muted, the appearance of the 'car' on a lift above Gurney and Bowlby does not look like a sports car, as the foot box area does not seem at all wide enough. Also, really being a cynic, if you show it in two seconds from underneath, it really does not show anything at all. If this was a working project....instead, it seems it was the mock up put together for show for the indy car. Not made of the miracle recyclable materials, but probably cheap and quick. Wasn't it 23 test sessions they were going to run? When are those scheduled? There was some chatter about debut at Sebring so I guess they must be hard at work on constructing that car. They should show that. |
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Well there are now reports that Highcroft have terminated all employees except two. I have never seen two people run a race team before, so if Highcroft are the ones to run the DW what gives?
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Yes it doesnt make a lot of sense does it? Shame to see the team reduced to virtually nothing after their great showing at Sebring. Not really endearing me to the concept..
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Highcroft have a new story on their website (website designer one of two retained employees?).
There is a picture showing the DW model and the first tub next two each other. They switched from a left hand drive to right hand drive tub. Other news items, the tub is full LMP1 spec, they are working with the ACO/FIA on a crash test for the front suspension/nose, and they are still working on the rear suspension. |
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