To: cripplecreek
Already talking about enclosed cockpits. Heard that too... A bit of a knee-jerk reaction IMO. Debris injuries happen but are more freak accidents than routine.
A canopy sounds like a good idea until a driver with medical trauma is trapped in the car.
To: Never on my watch
The drivers are barely exposed as it is.
10 posted on
08/23/2015 6:33:43 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: Never on my watch
The problem with hanging your head out of the car is that even though accidents aren;t common, when they do happen they are devastating.
A canopy could have saved jules verne, who recently died, after a head injury in F1 last season where he ploughed under a crane. The medical evacuation issue your raise is real, but it seems like there should be an engineering solution. The same argument was made against the HANS device, but now they are used throughout top tier racing.
36 posted on
08/23/2015 9:08:35 PM PDT by
Wayne07
To: Never on my watch; RayChuang88; Alberta's Child; cripplecreek
The FIA has been testing canopies and windshields for F1, they posted an interesting video firing a tire at them. The windshield breaks but does deflect the tire. The jet canopy survives intact.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e87HIlOIYFA
37 posted on
08/23/2015 9:16:30 PM PDT by
Wayne07
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