Pretty cool perspective from inside an F1 cockpit
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Yeah, love that video. Much jealousy...even down to the stickers. Actually amazing to hear that motor just zing through the gears and yet the stickers on the tyres don't seem to rotate correspondingly fast enough. Probably an optical illusion.
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The video's perspective really hammered home something that never occurred to me. F1 cars aren't "cars" as we know them. We open a door, climb into a relatively cavernous and cushy space, and cruise.
Watching the driver eye his target and climb in, it's apparent that F1 vehicles aren't "cars." The driver climbed into something akin to a tight pair of trousers attached to a rocket sled. Not for the claustrophobic.
Watching the driver eye his target and climb in, it's apparent that F1 vehicles aren't "cars." The driver climbed into something akin to a tight pair of trousers attached to a rocket sled. Not for the claustrophobic.
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The video's perspective really hammered home something that never occurred to me. F1 cars aren't "cars" as we know them. We open a door, climb into a relatively cavernous and cushy space, and cruise.
Watching the driver eye his target and climb in, it's apparent that F1 vehicles aren't "cars." The driver climbed into something akin to a tight pair of trousers attached to a rocket sled. Not for the claustrophobic.
Watching the driver eye his target and climb in, it's apparent that F1 vehicles aren't "cars." The driver climbed into something akin to a tight pair of trousers attached to a rocket sled. Not for the claustrophobic.
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I'd never really tried to understand the wheel of an F1 car. After watching this I looked it up and found this pretty cool video.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/04...els-explained/
Amazing.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/04...els-explained/
Amazing.
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Plus another thing we don't see in these Formula One cars that did not exist in the Formula Renault cars I drove is that it that the driver's feet are actually higher than their butts are. It's like they drive in the ultimate lazy boy chair. Of course I am sure nothing about driving a Formula One car could be qualified as lazy. ![Big Grin](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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I'd never really tried to understand the wheel of an F1 car. After watching this I looked it up and found this pretty cool video.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/04...els-explained/
Amazing.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/04...els-explained/
Amazing.
I would say it's all wireless, but damn, there are a lot of buttons, levers, switches, and lights on that damn thing. Just the wheel alone probably has more computing power than a PS3 LOL
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You can buy steering quick disconnects that have all the wiring internally. That way anything mounted on the wheel "connects" when you attach the steering to the steering shaft.
This is likely a significantly simplified version for club racers.
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pr...asp?RecID=6951
This is likely a significantly simplified version for club racers.
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pr...asp?RecID=6951
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You can buy steering quick disconnects that have all the wiring internally. That way anything mounted on the wheel "connects" when you attach the steering to the steering shaft.
This is likely a significantly simplified version for club racers.
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pr...asp?RecID=6951
This is likely a significantly simplified version for club racers.
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pr...asp?RecID=6951
It just seems "low tech" for use in F1...
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