Have F1 Mirrors had their day?
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A quote from another thread:
Mount the wing cameras on/in the rear wing side plates. And the jobs a good-un shirly?
Or is it banned?
AKA8 said:
Coupled to this, LH couldn't see his tyres because his mirrors were dirty
Which got me thinking. Could a camera and screen setup be the way forward? Then there could be several cameras on the car and allow the driver to switch between them. He could see his tyre wear, bodywork damage and keep the screens near to the driver and out of the aero?Mount the wing cameras on/in the rear wing side plates. And the jobs a good-un shirly?
Or is it banned?
I'd have thought cameras and lcd screens would be the way to go, only problem i can forsee would be glare making the images to feint. Theres probably a rule regarding this that states mirrors must be used, unless its a red car? There must be a drag advantage to be exploited with cameras as opposed to mirrors?
ELAN+2 said:
I'd have thought cameras and lcd screens would be the way to go, only problem i can forsee would be glare making the images to feint. Theres probably a rule regarding this that states mirrors must be used, unless its a red car? There must be a drag advantage to be exploited with cameras as opposed to mirrors?
Well thats my thought. A good enough camera could probably have the frontal area of a 1p piece. Then all you have to decide is where to put the screens. Glare could be a problem, but we have big screen technology thats good enough, so it might need shinking. But if you put them it in the cockpit that should reduce glare and drag.
Perhaps if McLaren had been watching the TV or even listening to the radio they would have seen and heard the media commentators questioning the state and appearance of Hamiltons tyres and made a 'technical' decision based on that.
I was half way up the A1 driving to a very wet kart race I was competing in and from the radio I knew Hamiltons tyres were through to the 'canvas'.
It seems even I knew more than Hamilton in his cockpit or his team trackside.
I was half way up the A1 driving to a very wet kart race I was competing in and from the radio I knew Hamiltons tyres were through to the 'canvas'.
It seems even I knew more than Hamilton in his cockpit or his team trackside.
FourWheelDrift said:
ELAN+2 said:
Theres probably a rule regarding this that states mirrors must be used, unless its a red car?
2007 FIA Technical Regulations.mark69sheer said:
Perhaps if McLaren had been watching the TV or even listening to the radio they would have seen and heard the media commentators questioning the state and appearance of Hamiltons tyres and made a 'technical' decision based on that.
I was half way up the A1 driving to a very wet kart race I was competing in and from the radio I knew Hamiltons tyres were through to the 'canvas'.
It seems even I knew more than Hamilton in his cockpit or his team trackside.
I was half way up the A1 driving to a very wet kart race I was competing in and from the radio I knew Hamiltons tyres were through to the 'canvas'.
It seems even I knew more than Hamilton in his cockpit or his team trackside.
Why does the back end feel like its sliding all over the place? Can't be the tyres, I can't see them!jacobyte said:
Conian said:
FILM: The Gumball Rally
PLOT: Weak copy of The Cannonball Run
PLOT: Weak copy of The Cannonball Run
The Gumball Rally was the original (and incidentally had a much better soundtrack). The Cannonball Run was the weak copy.
If Cannonball Run was the copy then fair enough, but surely.. surely the far superior film.
Tan Dan Ta Daaaaaa
Conian said:
jacobyte said:
Conian said:
FILM: The Gumball Rally
PLOT: Weak copy of The Cannonball Run
PLOT: Weak copy of The Cannonball Run
The Gumball Rally was the original (and incidentally had a much better soundtrack). The Cannonball Run was the weak copy.
If Cannonball Run was the copy then fair enough, but surely.. surely the far superior film.
Tan Dan Ta Daaaaaa
jacobyte said:
Conian said:
jacobyte said:
Conian said:
FILM: The Gumball Rally
PLOT: Weak copy of The Cannonball Run
PLOT: Weak copy of The Cannonball Run
The Gumball Rally was the original (and incidentally had a much better soundtrack). The Cannonball Run was the weak copy.
If Cannonball Run was the copy then fair enough, but surely.. surely the far superior film.
Tan Dan Ta Daaaaaa
But Burt in his prime was very cool in a wierd cowboy kinda way.
Plus women with cleavage in a Countach is cooler than Burt & Raul in an igloo.
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