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That would be a heck of a suction to help a car produce several Gs. 'Fan cars' give more traction for sure.. I'm not so sure about pass out levels of traction.
by namecheapTA 4y ago
That would be a heck of a suction to help a car produce several Gs.
'Fan cars' give more traction for sure.. I'm not so sure about pass out levels of traction.
- Gwypaas 4y agoThe cars already produce 4-5 G when braking and in higher speed corners.
- sph 4y agoThe Silverstone Esses are about 5.2G in a Formula 1 car, and they repeat that experience 50 times on a racing Sunday. I think Copse and Stowe are very intense G-wise as well. No wonder F1 drivers have necks as big as their head.
- sojournerc 4y agoIt's definitely possible. This 2001 CART race was cancelled due to concerns about driver safety because of high sustained g-forces. And that was just an open wheel racer like an Indy car. > There was fear of the possibility that drivers could suffer "grey-outs" or lose consciousness from g-LOC. It is also likely that the high g-loads would have been outside the design limits for the HANS device, which was required for all CART races at oval tracks. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Firehawk_600 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Firehawk_600
- spaetzleesser 4y agoA fan car works with ground effect. F1 regulations constantly fiddle with the floor to keep ground effect in check.