Yeah Bill It was good to watch the F1 qualifying. It's about the only
racing I really enjoy watching on TV. I do watch some of the other stuff
like World Rally cars, and European Touring cars, but F1 is great. I know a
lot of people think otherwise, but win on the track or in the pits, it's
both a thing of beauty.
I thought the new rules will make some interesting racing this year and it
did at least show with the one lap qualifying they did. I also thought it
was interesting to have the open track also, which let the teams get a good
feel for the cars/track.
Looking forward to the race.
Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Jack W. Drews '" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; <owner-fot@autox.team.net>;
<fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: aerodynamics question
> The recent issues of Racecar Technology (or whatever the name is)has some
> really interesting articles on aerodynamics and race cars. You should pick
> up a few back issues. There's a couple of aerodynamic simulators available
> that look promising. I'm trying to get a little time with one--I know some
> guys on a for-real race team that are experimenting with them. I'm working
> on a CAD model of Peyote, but it's going very slowly. I think it's a lot
> more trouble to model an existing design than design from scratch.
>
> The answer to the question is don't know. But you could find out fairly
easy
> given a few friends and an empty track. Changes like that show up only at
> the top end, and you're only there for a few seconds per lap. You wouldn't
> see a change in lap times that couldn't be equally dependant on doing a
> slightly better job coming out of a critical corner, but you should be
able
> to see it at the end of the straight.
>
> Incidentally, did you folks see the F1 qualifier. Wow! That was really
cool.
> Those boys can drive. the new Renaults look very impressive. It was
probably
> better than the race is going to be. Every year I get really enthusiastic
> about watching F1, and by the middle of the season I'm deleting them off
> tivo without watching anything but the last ten laps of the race.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: 3/5/2005 9:32 AM
> Subject: aerodynamics question
>
> Question for my fellow tech freaks.
>
> I understand that the frontal area that those little air molecules see
> is
> the total profile of the front of the car.
>
> I also understand that the shape of the front changes the wind
> resistance
> (pointed object versus a brick).
>
> my question is this: ignoring the cooling situation, if you replace the
>
> grille in a TR4 with a flat panel, does this change the aerodynamic
> resistance?
>
> The NASCAR guys tape off the front opening to go faster...........
>
> uncle jack
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