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Cool, reminds me of how some small racing maze solving robots (micromouse) work - little fans on them to create downforce, letting the robot change directions i
by dymk 4y ago
Cool, reminds me of how some small racing maze solving robots (micromouse) work - little fans on them to create downforce, letting the robot change directions incredibly quickly. But scaled up for a 2000lb car.
http://greenye.net/Pages/Micromouse/Micromouse2015-2016.htm http://greenye.net/Pages/Micromouse/Micromouse2015-2016.htm
- calebegg 4y agoFascinating link, I've never heard of these micromice before
- dymk 4y agoThey're a lot of fun. I built one as part of my college's IEEE chapter. It was nothing fancy, certainly not fast or nimble enough to warrant a downforce fan, but one learns a lot going from concept -> schematics -> hardware -> software -> working mouse in half a year.
- cardiffspaceman 4y agoTechnically F1 cars don't weight that much: >* Brabham BT45 was an overweight and bulky car, initially weighing 625 kg* From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham_BT46 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham_BT46, linked in other comments.
- david_acm 4y agoToday's F1 cars have a minimum weight of car + driver of 795kg excluding fuel. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/2022-f1-cars-set-for-further-3kgs-weight-increase/8873869/ https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/2022-f1-cars-set-for-furt...