IndyCar get's it right. Makes F1/Halo look silly.
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TheInternet said:
Is that not more or less the same as the aeroscreen which was tested in F1 but failed to pass the safety tests? I wonder if the Indycar design would pass those tests, but suspect they wouldn't.
Nope, different material and a consistent curvature reduces the distortion and glare. I’d like to see a video of them testing it with a wheel fired at it etc.https://youtu.be/6sjcoieAYTo
Screens were always preferred by the FIA to start with, I believe the first version of a screen devised by Red Bull was tested and decided it was too close to the drivers head (if there was a crash the drivers helmet could collide with it making the force to the driver worse)
The second version was better and looked like the Indy car one - Vettel tested it and complained it distorted his vision so they dropped it without any further trials, yet the Halo seemed to make it onto most teams cars at verious points in the year...
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24182/10945867/se...
I read on PH that it was suggested that the FIA had a deadline to make the decision as it needed something to be in place for 2018, because if they weren't seen to be taking steps then it left them open to legal action by the Bianchi family.
The second version was better and looked like the Indy car one - Vettel tested it and complained it distorted his vision so they dropped it without any further trials, yet the Halo seemed to make it onto most teams cars at verious points in the year...
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24182/10945867/se...
I read on PH that it was suggested that the FIA had a deadline to make the decision as it needed something to be in place for 2018, because if they weren't seen to be taking steps then it left them open to legal action by the Bianchi family.
On board visor-cam in case anyone missed it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAN59VLV_Ww
FourWheelDrift said:
On board visor-cam in case anyone missed it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAN59VLV_Ww
Who paid Vettel to say it made him "dizzy"? What a ............? (not point in adding words, censor will remove them)That view is so less obstructed than Halo.
Even if the aero screen is, let's say, 80% (my guess) as structurally able as Halo, it is still massively better than not having it at all, with the added benefit of actually looking massively better.
JonChalk said:
Who paid Vettel to say it made him "dizzy"? What a ............? (not point in adding words, censor will remove them)
That view is so less obstructed than Halo.
Even if the aero screen is, let's say, 80% (my guess) as structurally able as Halo, it is still massively better than not having it at all, with the added benefit of actually looking massively better.
The conspiracy theory is that Ferrari had already put a lot of work in designing their new car to have a halo and to switch back to the aero screen would have involved a complete re-design of the cockpit/roll hoop/air box section.That view is so less obstructed than Halo.
Even if the aero screen is, let's say, 80% (my guess) as structurally able as Halo, it is still massively better than not having it at all, with the added benefit of actually looking massively better.
craigjm said:
MartG said:
covboy said:
What happens to the screen when it starts getting covered with crap during the course of the race ? (thinking of drivers at the moment with rip off visor covers)
Extra bloke in the pitcrew gives it a wipe every pitstop
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