new porsche GT crash death

[dporsche74]

sorry but had to post it







http://salvageblog.com/2005/06/03/porsche-gt-crash/#more-25

[911S Targa]

Already been posted in the Tech Area.

[nostatic]

and here:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=224592

[88BlueTSiQuest]

I can understand why the passenger died, given the damage on that side of the car. But I wonder what injuries the driver suffered for him to die too? The report says they were wearing their seatbelts and helmets, maybe it wasn't a full racing belt with head restraint......

[nostatic]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=224465

[island911]

Originally posted by 88BlueTSiQuest
I can understand why the passenger died, given the damage on that side of the car. But I wonder what injuries the driver suffered for him to die too? The report says they were wearing their seatbelts and helmets, maybe it wasn't a full racing belt with head restraint......

Carbon Fiber!

I think that if that were a steel bodied car we would have seen a hugely contorted structure.

Carbon Fiber doesn't bend (much) it just holds rigidly then snaps.

[88BlueTSiQuest]

Originally posted by island911
Carbon Fiber!

I think that if that were a steel bodied car we would have seen a hugely contorted structure.

Carbon Fiber doesn't bend (much) it just holds rigidly then snaps.

I take it you are thinking it's a lack of force absorption? All of the kinetic energy was transferred to the driver and passenger? Where-as a steel structured car with crumple zones would of softenned the blow, and perhaps spared the passengers?

[island911]

No, I think they were most likely done either way. . ...just that with steel, the impact result (the car body) would have looked much nastier. (bent and crushed . .we are just seeing "crushed" here)