RE: Chris Harris video: Deltawing drive

[vrsmxtb]

Anyone else thinik there should be a Wacky Racers type of series for experimental race cars. Purely from a visual excitement angle, I'd watch that over F1 anyday!

[BeirutTaxi]

Another Englishman re-writing the rule book on high performance car design.


Obviously something of a rarity

[kambites]

Fascinating article, although it would have been a lot easier to understand the suspension stuff if the camera had been pointing at what he was talking about.

[crofty1984]

405dogvan said:

Awesome video.

I'm no engineer but I'm guessing 2 front wheels is a mix of balancing all the bits against the amount of tyre you want on the road

That and the fact car junkies look at 3 wheelers the way kids look at vans with 'free candy' written on them.

Like they're about to get laid?

[r7ehw]

Very interesting. Lots of innovation and a fascinating incite into something clearly quite technical. I love the concept and teh simple to understand explanation from the video.

[stephen300o]

Great video, there should be more cars like this, it cheered up a monotonously dreary LeMans. Instead of blocking, manufacturers should be following this innovative race car.
Also Lucas Ordonez is an amazing story himself.

[StuH]

What an absolutely fantastic car and video!

Please, please, please more videos like this, and ideally with a 30 min "Directors cut" will more from Ben.

My very formative years of becoming a car nut included watching the Elf 6 wheeler in F1 - as a nipper it was so exciting watching something so different. I even had my own eventually on my Aurora race set

[DanDC5]

robmlufc said:

Mastodon2 said:

Shame such a revolutionary car is being blocked, probably because someone noted it's immense potential and didn't want to spoil the diesel Audi party.

You mean the petrol Toyota party shirely?

Noooooooo. We need to be thankful to Toyota, they've bought noise back to the front of sportscar racing rather than a daft wooshing noise.

[0000]

Fantastic video, especially the bits I barely understood.

[Dagnut]

Top Class video, Camera work, presentation, content.

Chris Harris should be very proud of that.

[k-ink]

This car is a glimse into the future. Amazing project!

[Strawman]

I haven't really followed the story behind this, what regulations does the car fall outside to mean it can't compete in LMP1 or 2, given that the P in that stands for prototype.

Edit - A quick Google reveals it is too light (minimum 900kgs ?), and 417kgs is a lot less than that.

[robmlufc]

Strawman said:

I haven't really followed the story behind this, what regulations does the car fall outside to mean it can't compete in LMP1 or 2, given that the P in that stands for prototype.

It doesn't follow any of the LMP rules, the weight is a big issue. LMP cars have to be 900kg(I think), most of them are a lot lighter but are ballasted up to minimum weight.

You can't compare Deltawing to anything until there is something built to the same rules, or lack of.

Edited by robmlufc on Thursday 1st November 09:35

[mig25_foxbat2003]

The thing I like the best about this is that it is proper engineering innovation, rather than electronics. It's great to see someone point at actual bits of a car, rather than plots on a graph, when asked about performance.

Even after his explanation, I still think it's witchcraft, though.

[DaveL485]

Great video. Another vote for a 50min version!

[rhinochopig]

Bets video yet. Really enjoyed that and it does need a longer interview with the designer.

That car also needs to feature in the reboot of the batman films. In plan view you get the impression that at a certain speed you simply need to pull back on the wheel and it'll rotate.

[amokwa]

Lazygraduate said:

Absolutely love the passion that the engineer shows for his creation. Could watch that all day long! A welcome return to form

Me too, very impressed.

[garypotter]

Best video so far chris, thank you,

A great car, I believe this is a step forward for racing 417gs 320hp and keeping up with lmp1s and 2s, I still cannot get how the front end with no weight gets the amount of grip for those cornering G's,

What a top bloke that Ben is, thank oyu nissan and the project for sharing some of the insights, i love it.

Wonder what the cost of thsi is against the cost of a Posche RSR??

[snowmuncher]

BobTurner said:

Equinox programme on Channel 4 - "The Nuts and Bolts of Ben Bowlby"?

Would have like to watch that, not available on C4OD

[ArnageWRC]

It’s very much a ‘marmite’ car. I love it, and think it’s an interesting piece of kit/technology. It’s got people talking which is good – but hasn’t impressed everybody, who think it’s a gimmick.
It was very impressive at Petit LeMans a few weeks back – and it does have some poke from a 1.6T engine.
Now what is needed, as has been discussed on Twitter, RadioLeMans, etc is a new class for lightweight cars, say a 500kg car with 1.6T engines.