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| Joined: Aug 1st, 2006 Last Online: October 1st, 2008 Posts: 377
Rep Power: 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | So far this year there have been five disturbing flying crashes, where the car has literally taken off for no apparent reason. Injuries have been light, but the crashes have been epic. Hope they get it sorted soon, but I doubt anything will change before LeMans ![]() Marc Gene Peugeot LeMans test day 2008, June 1st
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Car: BMW E36 323i superleggera Rep Power: 40 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I'm sorry, but for me, the reason why these cars took off was quite obvious in all videos. Last edited by the Interceptor; June 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 AM. |
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 08:45 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,652
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 230 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Yeah, they fucked up and lost traction, etc. and when you get a car going sideways, backwards, or against a wall, it's so likely for it to flip and fly. After all, they are just airplanes upside down essentially.
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| Previously Known As powerof1000 | Wow, that last one was epic. |
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| Joined: Jan 1st, 2008 Last Online: August 7th, 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 535
Car: Jap crap Rep Power: 20 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | All the aero works in reverse when the car is going backwards. Downforce changes into lift, it's not uncommon.
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Rep Power: 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
Would have been close to 200mph before the braking area ![]()
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| Joined: Feb 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 08:13 AM Location: Germany Posts: 1,708
Car: BMW E36 323i superleggera Rep Power: 40 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | But besides majorly changing the cars shapes or forbidding this kind of racing as a whole, what do you want to do about it? Crashes will always happen, and they are too versatile to prevent a certain type from happening. |
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| Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: 06:53 AM Location: Southern Finland Age: 24 Posts: 867
Car: None :/ Rep Power: 18 ![]() ![]() | I don't think any of the cars flipped just because they were sideways. All were helped by sliding on a bumpy grass (apart from Devlin who hit the wall, and I'm not sure if Capello was helped by another car). which lifted one side of the car and let air get underneath it. I don't think any of those cars would have taken off had they stayed on tarmac. I'm no aerodynamicist(however you spell that), but I'd say any reasonably flat plane like a sports prototype catching air beneath it at 150+mph it is going to generate a tremendous amount of lift for a moment. |
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| Joined: Oct 5th, 2006 Last Online: October 6th, 2008 Location: Somewhere small and far away Age: 18 Posts: 463
Car: 94 Buick Century - 86 Pontiac Grand Prix Rep Power: 11 ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exactly ^ as soon as air gets underneath, at least when you're really going fast, something's gonna lift up. it all works good when the car is facing ahead though, obviously ![]()
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| Joined: Feb 8th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Age: 17 Posts: 2,154
Car: (as soon as I get my license) 2001 Focus 1.8D Rep Power: 25 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
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| I heard about the 908 crash but only just saw the video, I can see why Marc Gene thought he was going to die - that's a big knock! Oh well, bring on Le Man and lets hope they keep the rubber on tarmac
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Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i Rep Power: 25 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
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Car: (as soon as I get my license) 2001 Focus 1.8D Rep Power: 25 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | And then Peter Dumbreck, who got a breath-test alcohol check after landing in the trees ![]() Seriously, he was tested for alcohol level after having that monumental crash during the 1999 race. He commentated on the 2007 race for Motors TV, someone asked that on the forum, and he answered affirmatively and described what it was like.
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And of course there was the infamous incident in 1955 with the 300SLR.
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