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The video mentions that the aerodynamics of the car generates so much down-force that it could ride upside-down on the ceiling. Wow.

by sheri 13y ago

vanderZwan 13y ago
While certainly impressive, that's been true of F1 cars for decades.
- logicallee 13y ago
  As you say "decades" I did a cursory search for a video (assuming perhaps at some point during that time someone thought to make one.) I found this interesting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcPsSI4O2S0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcPsSI4O2S0 but would certainly like to see an F1 care drive literally upside-down (normal to horizontal) if you have anything like that. I just searched for a second on YouTube.
  - manojlds 13y ago
    There was this ad - http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=izrNv4nMxAg http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=izrNv4nMxAg
  - Tegran 13y ago
    The whole "driving upside down" thing is mostly theoretical because although the aerodynamics might allow it, none of the rest of the car is designed to work upside down without some modifications: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1752888-can-a-formula-1-car-drive-upside-down http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1752888-can-a-formula-1-c...
tobylane 13y ago
I heard that several types of race cars could stay upside down at 100km/h. In 2000 F1 was reaching 300km/h on most circuits, less now. I guess that means it could be upside down on a higher gravity planet.
nodata 13y ago
Let's hope that they'll introduce that for next year then. (I might be able to watch it for longer than three minutes then)
- ohwp 13y ago
  It's called Trackmania ;)
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monk_e_boy 13y ago
I think the fuel and oil are gravity fed, or aren't under enough pressure to work upside-down. I love watching the cars as they come out of a slow corner, they look like they are prancing on their toes, then as they speed up they 'suck' down to the ground... really cool
drivers99 13y ago
I'd like to see this attempted, Mythbusters style.
vadman 13y ago
I think the majority of such claims are misunderstandings of "generates downforce equal to its own weight" which is most certainly not enough to drive upside down. The only case of a manufacturer actually wanting to perform a test was Gumpert with Apollo, according to Top Gear UK (take it FWIW).

The video mentions that the aerodynamics of the car generates so much down-force that it could ride upside-down on the ceiling. Wow.

by sheri 13y ago

The video mentions that the aerodynamics of the car generates so much down-force that it could ride upside-down on the ceiling. Wow.

vanderZwan 13y ago

While certainly impressive, that's been true of F1 cars for decades.

logicallee 13y ago
As you say "decades" I did a cursory search for a video (assuming perhaps at some point during that time someone thought to make one.) I found this interesting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcPsSI4O2S0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcPsSI4O2S0 but would certainly like to see an F1 care drive literally upside-down (normal to horizontal) if you have anything like that. I just searched for a second on YouTube.
- manojlds 13y ago
  There was this ad - http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=izrNv4nMxAg http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=izrNv4nMxAg
- Tegran 13y ago
  The whole "driving upside down" thing is mostly theoretical because although the aerodynamics might allow it, none of the rest of the car is designed to work upside down without some modifications: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1752888-can-a-formula-1-car-drive-upside-down http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1752888-can-a-formula-1-c...

tobylane 13y ago

I heard that several types of race cars could stay upside down at 100km/h. In 2000 F1 was reaching 300km/h on most circuits, less now. I guess that means it could be upside down on a higher gravity planet.

nodata 13y ago

Let's hope that they'll introduce that for next year then. (I might be able to watch it for longer than three minutes then)

ohwp 13y ago
It's called Trackmania ;)

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monk_e_boy 13y ago

I think the fuel and oil are gravity fed, or aren't under enough pressure to work upside-down. I love watching the cars as they come out of a slow corner, they look like they are prancing on their toes, then as they speed up they 'suck' down to the ground... really cool

drivers99 13y ago

I'd like to see this attempted, Mythbusters style.

vadman 13y ago

I think the majority of such claims are misunderstandings of "generates downforce equal to its own weight" which is most certainly not enough to drive upside down. The only case of a manufacturer actually wanting to perform a test was Gumpert with Apollo, according to Top Gear UK (take it FWIW).