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F1 Car Cutaway
I thought this was really cool. Amazing how little wasted space there is and what an odd position the driver sits in.
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07-31-2012, 05:45 PM
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07-31-2012, 05:57 PM
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Wow, sitting like that with your feet at the level of your shoulders. I bet that takes a bit to get used to. Yeah, the packaging of everything in those cars is amazing!
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07-31-2012, 08:08 PM
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Very nice! What surprised me was how high the drivers feet are positioned.
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08-01-2012, 07:34 AM
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After rules provided that the driver's feet be behind the front axle, they got raised. I think it's easier on the driver's body in braking as one's butt takes a lot of the G-forces rather than belts between the legs. Not that the belts still don't. I think under braking the body wants t fly right up that seat incline just as it does under acceleration up the backside.
The cockpit of an F1 car might be one of the most violent places to be next to lift off in the Space Shuttle. |
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