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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #105 on: Friday,January 20, 2023, 05:34:40 PM »
Wouldn’t the 79 do that going fast enough?

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #106 on: Friday,January 20, 2023, 08:34:09 PM »
Wouldn't the 79 do that going fast enough?

If you do the math...a current F1 car creates enough downforce at 140mph to overcome it's weight against the pull of gravity. To keep it stuck to the ceiling, that force needs to be doubled...and today's cars generate enough downforce at 185 mph to do just that! 

In reality...No

The engine as configured, won't survive lubrication and fuel delivery for more than a second or two.
Even if you build a perfect circular tunnel of 360 degrees, about 2 miles in length, there would be a transition point of deflection encountered to one of the wheels maintaining surface contact during the climb and descent.
     

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #107 on: Friday,February 03, 2023, 03:34:13 AM »

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #108 on: Friday,February 03, 2023, 08:30:59 AM »
If only!

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #109 on: Tuesday,February 28, 2023, 02:23:36 PM »
Happy Birthday Mario...#83

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #110 on: Tuesday,February 28, 2023, 02:46:41 PM »
 :happy-bday:  Mario!!! 83 years young!

I saw a video of a guy driving the 79 at Laguna Seca. Of course he had his own helmet but it wasn't blue or have an arrow on it. It just looked wrong.

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #111 on: Wednesday,February 28, 2024, 06:55:00 PM »
Happy Birthday Mario...84

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #112 on: Wednesday,February 28, 2024, 07:41:05 PM »
Thanks for the reminder, Lou!

 :happy-bday: Mario!!!

May your son finally get his slot in F1! (however, speaking only for myself, the longer this drama goes on, the less interested in F1 I become)

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Re: Types 78 & 79...Game changers
« Reply #113 on: Thursday,February 29, 2024, 12:13:58 PM »
 :happy-bday: Mario.
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