Radical DeltaWing rocket-shaped car proposed to revitalise IndyCar

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

[BubbaBasher]

The vertical fin in the back gives it straight line stability but it will also resist turning. That's why they use them for land speed vehicles.

If you look closely at the front wheels and their openings you can clearly see there is no room for the wheels to turn. You couldn't even park in without putting dolly under the nose.

[camle]

seems like a whole lotta work to stabilize the thing in turns, when if you put the narrow wheels in teh back ,adn the wide one on the front it would be inherently more stable without all that extra work.

as for sidecar races, I still don’t wanna be the guy in the sidecar;-)

[Charles Martel]

I like the 2+2 coupe version...

Yes, it does have a "Speed Racer-ish" appearance. It also reminds me of a toy I had back in the '70s - a flywheel-powered Kenner "SSP Racer". It was shaped a lot like this car.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I always wanted to be the guy in the sidecar!

[camle]

I have no problem with straight line stability, but Indy cars run on an oval track don’t they? the main problem is stability in curves and corners. the more stability you have in corners and curves, the faster you can take them, the greater your overall speed.

put the drive wheels in the front, wide apart, and they will pull the vehicle around the corners rather than be at the mercy of centrifugal force.

[camle]

you do that (LOL~!) and I’ll watch;-)

[Halgr]

It reminded me of that car too.....you and I are old to both remember that.....woohoo

[Red Badger]

Eventually they will all go the way of the hand crank, rumble seat, tail fin and distributor..................

[Petronski]

So then your theory is that the spark plug's job will be finished at some point in the future.

Yet your little slogan there (or whatever) is that the spark plug's job is finished, as in complete now....which is not true.

[B Knotts]

I don't think these are diesels.

Nope. They aren't. But this is:

[Jeff Chandler]

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I’m 64 now, so I think I’d have to pass. Used to race go-karts when they first came out. Most of the store-bought karts had sissy bars on each side of the seat. My Grandfather and I built mine. No sissy bars! I could lean over into a turn and put my helmet onto the track. Gave me a great advantage over the other racers! Very low COG, and a West Bend 580. Lots of fun!

[The Free Engineer]

I only know it because I saw the car on display in a lobby at the GM tech center in Warren Michigan a few years ago.

[Chode]

ping...

[Chode]

somewhere, i still have a windup toy car and launcher exactly like that but the colors are red and yellow...

[Cvengr]

I wish they would stop screwing around and just put wheels on this baby and be done with it.

Gotta build a bigger race track.

[Cvengr]

It must be a retro style,...I notice all those aerodynamic features in the body style they took from the aircraft industry just like in the 50s, big fins, air scoops like a jet air intake, even that phony cockpit,...like its really gonna go faster.....huh?

[Erasmus]

GM Firebird, ca. 1953:

[camle]

hoo boigh! I bet you had lots of fun. they call them ‘sissy bars’ fer a reason;-)

[Erasmus]

If you look closely at the front wheels and their openings you can clearly see there is no room for the wheels to turn.

The wheels do not need to pivot. The car steers by left-right differential braking.

Ummm, ≤}B^)