Remote Controlled F1 tester?

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void
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60% scale car, 60% scale tyres that is easy. The point is where can i get 60% scale tracks, with 60% scale bumbs?

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Tim.Wright
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void wrote:60% scale car, 60% scale tyres that is easy.
Nah mate, it isn't...

Tim
Not the engineer at Force India

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There is a reason that RC car tires are made of foam rubber and neoprene, and not rubber.

I don't know what it is, but there is a reason :)
Before I do anything I ask myself “Would an idiot do that?” And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing. - Dwight Schrute

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ISLAMATRON wrote:Seeing how the teams build 60% scale models for the wind tunnel, what is stopping them from making remote controlled cars modeling their real cars and testing those on real tracks?
What's the point? Might as well build it 100% and have a driver drive it. Also far easier to measure drag, lift etc in a wind tunnel than on the road.

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ISLAMATRON
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impaero wrote:
ISLAMATRON wrote:Seeing how the teams build 60% scale models for the wind tunnel, what is stopping them from making remote controlled cars modeling their real cars and testing those on real tracks?
What's the point? Might as well build it 100% and have a driver drive it. Also far easier to measure drag, lift etc in a wind tunnel than on the road.
The point is 100% track testing is limited in the off season and banned in season... likewise 60% scale model wind tunnel testing is limited year long... whereas 60% track testing is not limited or even considered in the rules.

Drag & DF are easily measured on the car

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Would running full-scale body work on a different chassis, with different engine be considered as normal testing that is banned?