Does any know the gear ratios of Ferrari or Mclaren?
Or any other team?
Gear ratios
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:40 am
Do they have enough time to change the ratio's during each session? does this happen alot?
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m3_lover
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:14 am
m3_lover wrote:Do they have enough time to change the ratio's during each session? does this happen alot?
don't know about todays gearboxes, but I assume it's similar to 15 years ago.
Does this happen alot? Probably not much when on traditional cricuits with knowledge already, they can estimate with computers I guess esp with the 19k rpm limit.
They must take apart the gearbox and just exchange the cogs.
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bizadfar
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Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:54 am
Here's a good tech paper on F1 gear analysis from a Swiss company (KISSoft) that makes very good gear software:
http://www.kisssoft.ch/doku/kisssys/KIS ... el-1-E.pdf
http://www.kisssoft.ch/doku/kisssys/KIS ... el-1-E.pdf
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riff_raff
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Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:39 pm
bizadfar wrote:m3_lover wrote:Do they have enough time to change the ratio's during each session? does this happen alot?
don't know about todays gearboxes, but I assume it's similar to 15 years ago.
Does this happen alot? Probably not much when on traditional cricuits with knowledge already, they can estimate with computers I guess esp with the 19k rpm limit.
They must take apart the gearbox and just exchange the cogs.
I would have thought that this would have been decided before anyone even got to the circuit.
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Scuderia_Russ
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Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:46 pm
riff_raff wrote:Here's a good tech paper on F1 gear analysis from a Swiss company (KISSoft) that makes very good gear software:
http://www.kisssoft.ch/doku/kisssys/KIS ... el-1-E.pdf
Yeah, I used their demo for a practical work for my Uni, its good, but when I asked the price.... ups
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Belatti
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:03 am
Belatti,
How did you like using KISSoft? I have a license for most of the gear applications where I work. I am using it to design the gears for a very large helicopter transmission. It is very expensive but it is the best gear analysis software we could find.
As a side note, a few weeks ago, I was out visiting vendors for producing the gears in my helicopter gearbox. I'm located in southern California, so one of the local gear houses I went to was Weismann Transmissions (in nearby Costa Mesa, Calif.). Weismann built a lot of F1 transmissions, including some for Brabham and McLaren. Pete Weismann has passed away, but his son Chris is still running the business. I spent half a day talking with Chris and he showed me all of the old F1 hardware they still have in storage at their shop. It was pretty neat! Those Weismann transverse designs were way ahead of their time.
How did you like using KISSoft? I have a license for most of the gear applications where I work. I am using it to design the gears for a very large helicopter transmission. It is very expensive but it is the best gear analysis software we could find.
As a side note, a few weeks ago, I was out visiting vendors for producing the gears in my helicopter gearbox. I'm located in southern California, so one of the local gear houses I went to was Weismann Transmissions (in nearby Costa Mesa, Calif.). Weismann built a lot of F1 transmissions, including some for Brabham and McLaren. Pete Weismann has passed away, but his son Chris is still running the business. I spent half a day talking with Chris and he showed me all of the old F1 hardware they still have in storage at their shop. It was pretty neat! Those Weismann transverse designs were way ahead of their time.
"Q: How do you make a small fortune in racing?
A: Start with a large one!"
A: Start with a large one!"
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riff_raff
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