So, I was just pondering if any car that made downforce and had strong brakes and sticky tires, would stay put if you could keep it pointed into the wind...? What are your guesses?
So, I was just pondering if any car that made downforce and had strong brakes and sticky tires, would stay put if you could keep it pointed into the wind...? What are your guesses?
I'd assume that it would.
Probably, but as Ron White famously said.
It's not that the wind is blowing, It's what the wind is blowing.
yeah, but how are you going to keep it pointed into the wind if you're relying on strong brakes to keep it from being pushed back by the drag of the downforce creation? (I've never been in a hurricane, so I don't know how constant the wind angle is)
of course, all of this goes flying out the window when your neighbors trailer gets sent crashing into your race car
In reply to sleepyhead :
Put it on a (very sturdy) turntable. And add a vertical component to the wing so it acts as a weathervane and points itself into the wind.
If an untethered aircraft will lift off the ground in a 100 mph wind, I would expect the car to do the opposite. Of course, there is always the problem with flying mobile home parts......
Hurricane wind doesn't just blow one direction... you're börked if it changes directions. It'll rip that park bench right off the trunk lid.
I'll also add that one of my aero homework assignments included calculating what wind speed is req'd to lift a Quonset hut. Fun times.
Doesn't the P1 or some other hyper car have enough downforce that if given the chance it could drive upside down?
Would that help or hurt with the winds circling around?
I'm picturing something like a tornado chase vehicle and a Veyron having a baby.
In reply to RevRico :
Wasnt there a video one time of someone actually doing it?
Trackmouse said:Hurricane wind doesn't just blow one direction... you're börked if it changes directions. It'll rip that park bench right off the trunk lid.
Wrong direction... this is more likely, although rippping off could be secondary considering lack of control in this scenario
sleepyhead said:I'll also add that one of my aero homework assignments included calculating what wind speed is req'd to lift a Quonset hut. Fun times.
Hey now, you can't just leave us hanging like that...so? Approximations from memory are ok.
In reply to Pete Gossett :
It was a shape/dimensions thing.... didn't take into account foundations/pilings.
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