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by thespicehammer
Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Motorsports
Topic: WEC Le Man 2018
Replies: 27
Views: 177028

Re: WEC Le Man 2018

I love the look of the clk-gtr. Reminds me of playing NFS hot pursuit racing against the mclaren f1 hahaha

Wont see flying cars like that ever again though. Rules are a lot more stringent these days
by thespicehammer
Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:17 pm
Forum: How To Guides
Topic: Carbon fibre mono
Replies: 6
Views: 38946

Re: Carbon fibre mono

I believe as an engineer you need to assess why you are going down a particular route, and assess the advantages and disadvantages of each particular option.  F**k me though disregarding safety is extremely poor engineering at best. Without extensive material testing or knowledge its impossible to a...
by thespicehammer
Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:38 pm
Forum: Motorsports
Topic: WEC Le Man 2018
Replies: 27
Views: 177028

Re: WEC Le Man 2018

@Mike333 Thankfully he wont be in an open wheel car, least you can have a little bit of bumping and grinding without a wheel falling off hahaha
by thespicehammer
Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:32 pm
Forum: Motorsports
Topic: WEC Le Man 2018
Replies: 27
Views: 177028

Re: WEC Le Man 2018

@Mike333 mechanical reliability is the key. I believe in simulations but I think you can be carried away with them. Test the bloody thing and compare. 

Also can you simulate the driver falling asleep and crashing? hahaha 
by thespicehammer
Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:20 pm
Forum: Motorsports
Topic: WEC Le Man 2018
Replies: 27
Views: 177028

Re: WEC Le Man 2018

To finish first, first you must finish. That's the beauty about endurance racing it is all about how much you can push/engineer the car to the limit but still complete it I've heard talk that driveshafts are put under so much stress during the race that they twist 100 degrees. Not sure about the val...