Air-brake anyone?

[playalistic]

Digging around the US forum I found this bad boy... It's a pneumatically operated air-brake.



http://www.nobleforums.com/showthread.php?10149-ne...

My first thought is good bye balance under heavy braking.

[Rob_W]

and that's why we ALL celebrate the 4th of July (with apologies to Jim O, Jeff etc)

[dudleybloke]

haha.

[D_G]

I didn't think you could get a Noble to look like it's crashed into Halfords shop window, but the yanks have managed it.....

Just looked at the thread link, here's a quote 'the side skirts slide up into the rocker panels,and behind them is a recess that is covered with lexan and has neon lights in them'

FFS

Edited by D_G on Monday 30th July 22:05

[joust]

Err - that is no MP4-12C airbrake is it. I think they miss the point somewhat about how an airbrake works.....

[playalistic]

The WTF factor is high with this one.

[1point7bar]

Under heavy braking, a racecar's C of G moves significantly forward.

However in this instance the pneumatic rams could barely push the skin off a rice pudding and they are mounted so as to give the airbrake serious leverage
against them.

If they actually did anything to create effective braking drag, the whole assembly would be torn out of the car by the huge forces involved.

10/10 effort

0/10 function

[AMG Merc]

And the two supports supposedly holding on the front splitter are totally unnecessary (and unsightly).

[1point7bar]

Worse than that.
They would cause a wave that disrupts the splitter's point of pressure.

[andygtt]

Hmmm think it might need some significant strengthening of the rear clip if it produces any significant braking!

[XLRONYX]

Rob_W said:

and that's why we ALL celebrate the 4th of July (with apologies to Jim O, Jeff etc)

We're not all as fat and tasteless as Clarkson would have you think.

I'm thin and tasteless.

Jeff

[SwankBaton]

I actually like the wing supports

Edit - the look, not the function!

Edited by swankBaton on Tuesday 31st July 13:13

[playalistic]

Looks like a bus stop bench!

[SwankBaton]

I like bus stops !

[Gadgeroonie]

Tux and i talked abourt making an active rear wing for the noble some time ago

it can be done with a 12v linear actuator mated to the rear wing with a hinge - quite easy to do actually

the wing angle can be set from a knob in the car

i also suggested a processor to read road speed and gforces to allow the wing to be active

it requires some r&d to get it to work and would allow you to run less drag / more downforce from inside the car

you can see something similar here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokTiTmXhBc

[andygtt]

so how much downforce do you think the rear wing can produce? does it make 100kgs at 100mph? if so what does it make at 150mph or 180mph? double?

if it is making 100-200kgs then Id like to see someone lie on the rear spoiler without it damaging the rear clip

I pick the clip up by the rear spoiler to move it around and people think I am mad... and yet it weighs less than 45kgs!!!