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Racing cars have to corner substantially slower than they
travel along the 'straights' to avoid losing grip and spinning
out. To allow higher cornering speeds there should be huge
electromagnets sited on the apex of the corners which are
controllable by drivers whose cars are within a short
segment
of track either side of the corner. If more than one
driver is within this track segment the magnet is set to the
average of the drivers' settings.
Cornering speeds
will only be limited by the G-forces the drivers can
withstand.
Fast Mr Irvine
http://www.eddieirvine.net/home.htm
[coprocephalous, Jan 20 2006]
For [half]
Aerody-manic_20steering
[Ling, Jan 20 2006]
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I've a feeling that the magnets would act mostly upon the rear of the F1 cars, and even then not that strongly (aluminium engine blocks, carbon fibre bodies, alloy wheels, ceramic brakes, driver...).
Bone, sorry. |
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Very strong magnets would cause very strong eddy currents, which in turn would slow the cars down! |
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Mr Irvine and dried fruit? What's that all about? |
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Could they not just add active control surfaces on bigger wings to really fly through the corners? |
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When I was a kid the toy race track was the same way. It took a great deal of skill more so than speed to win the race. The newer track sets these days have stronger magnets yet it takes the fun out of the toy. Being able to run around the track at full speed 50 times while holding the trigger all the way in gets boring after the 53rd lap. |
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F1 is currently going through drastic regulation changes in order to slow the cars down, because without magnets and $500 million dollar yearly budgets the cars were already going through corners way too fast. |
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All the cars having leech-like grip will not induce exciting racing, as overtaking will be nearly impossible, and everyone could just keep the hammer down all the time. |
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The engines have been reduced from 3 litre V10's down to 2.4 litre V8's. The V8's however have less reciprocating mass and and are able to rev in the order of almost 20,000rpm. |
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The wing's were also regulated to have the endplates raised to a less efficient part of the car, but at the same time this forced designers to come up with different solutions not thought of before, and the return of slick tires in 2007 the cars will probably be back up to 2004 spec lap times by 2008. |
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Paraphrasing Eddie Irvine, "Down-force levels need to be reduced to 15% of current levels to create more passing opportunities". |
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I think the problem is too many rules, not too few. If drivers can't pass, legalize jet and rocket propulsion to improve acceleration (with some safety regulation, but if the jetforce was directed up at a 30degree angle it'd not burn other cars and would keep the one car glued to the track). |
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I can't help but think that we could power huge VanDerGraff generators with this, for the fans. |
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Giblet - are you on a site (F-C) I moderate? If not, email me, as it will be of interest. |
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As for the idea itself - it takes the suspense out of the suspension. |
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I don't know - I think additional skill
will be required to balance the magnetic
and centripetal forces against the thrust
of the car, not to mention the sudden
change in magnetic field strength when
another car enters the corner. It could
be quite exciting. |
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