[Schumi]

Originally Posted by masraum

The book (various links on the page above) references Porsche several times.

http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/aoe_03.pdf




I find it interesting that they talk about Porsche in the "Chapter 11: Half Shafts" section too.

Wrong wrong wrong. Not the porsche part, but the part where he thought that there is some similarity between his machined, non-efficiently loaded aluminum frame could be compared with a aluminum tubular space frame of the 917.

The tubular space frame connected suspension and engine nodes with welded aluminum triangles, ensuring wonderful load paths.

Having chassis that is large, squareangulared chunks of billet aluminum bolted together, no matter how beautifully pocketed they are, is no where near as efficient.