Radical DeltaWing rocket-shaped car proposed to revitalise IndyCar

Gizmag.com ^ | 2/11/10 | Loz Blain

[Reaganesque]

Here's a picture of it.

As those of us from the North East would say, "That's wicked cool!"

[JRios1968]

[driftdiver]

Looks like batmans car.

[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....

If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....

This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....

[Joe 6-pack]

I like the 2+2 coupe version...

[ltc8k6]

Barf...

I wouldn’t watch those race at gunpoint...

[KarlInOhio]

Do you have trunk space for the team owner's kid and a chimp?

[KarlInOhio]

@#($@(@(! Well, at least I'm not the only one who saw the similarity.

[Reaganesque]

There's a video simulation Here.

[Doogle]

...not for Indy

[camle]

i bet that rear wheel would tend to lift inside of turns... if the wide apart wheels were in front, it would be more stable in turns...

[BubbaBasher]

I can see it now, the cars go screaming into turn one and every one of them keeps going straight. There’s no way that thing could make a high speed turn.

[Petronski]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....

I don't think these are diesels.

[Woebama]

Rear is wider than the front. Isn’t that a safety concern? You pass the car in front of you, close, and then your rear hits his car because the rear is wider.

[Red Badger]

No, they run on alcohol....IIRC.......

[kosciusko51]

This really pushes the envelope of being an "open-wheel" racer. Unless there is some aerodynamic advantage, they should just cover the tops of the wheel, and become "open-cockpit" racing instead of "open-wheel".

Also, I agree with camle that it may have problems in the corners. However, it would be interesting to see this thing doing test laps.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“i bet that rear wheel would tend to lift inside of turns... if the wide apart wheels were in front, it would be more stable in turns...”

“There’s no way that thing could make a high speed turn.”

I think I’m gonna disagree. There’s a stabilizing vertical fin. Massive down force from the body shape. And massive increase in ground effects. I think the engineers have taken all that into account. That said, I’m not too sure I want to have Indy Cars look like that. Perhaps another league would be more appropriate?

[SpinnerWebb]

Don’t stop him... he’s on a roll!

[umgud]

Finish out those fenders and you could have both an IRL and a NASCAR version.

[Petronski]

So then they will have spark plugs?