[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?

[Reaganesque]

From the article..."The front of the car is incredibly narrow, the wheels only 24 inches apart leading a spaceship-style fuselage that swoops back toward the cockpit. The rear of the car becomes gradually wider toward the rear wheels, which are 70 inches apart, and the rear wing spoiler has been ditched in favor of a vertical tail fin, helping to stabilise the car and prevent high-speed spinouts. The vast majority of downforce is produced by the ground effect underbody, which sucks the car down onto the track while producing a negligible wake - trailing cars should find it much easier to overtake.

[camle]

it’s OK to disagree, but I really doubt that the ‘stabilizer fin” will be enough to counterweigh the torque of that thing going into a corner at 200+mph. centrifugal force would be a lot.

I bet the design doesn’t make it, unless there is supposed to be a cap on speed.

people who have driven trikes and sidecar-equipped bikes are familiar with the cornering concept. whilst this thing is much more stable, the concept remains, force is force, and the car will want to roll.

[biff]

The differentials will have computer controlled traction that will apply proportionaly (left/right) torque in order to negotiate turns. F1 has this system now.

The guy that designed this thing has a long successful race car design history. Amoung his best was the 2002 or 2003 Lola for the CART.

Way far out and maybe before its time. I personally prefer a V8 turbo’d motor screaming at 17,000 rpm. CART, 1995.