On 2008-05-05, Invisible Man <Invisible@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2008-05-05, pws <pwshelton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>> How about an oval track, only vertical? Shoot down the straight to
build up
>>>> speed, enter a vertical curve at the end which continues until you're
upside
>>>> down and headed back the other direction. Vertical curve at the other
end
>>>> takes you back to the ground on the original straight. That would be
a hoot
>>>> to watch.
>>> That would be very cool.
>>
>> Not as cool as a m??bius strip racetrack...
>>
>
> If someone is going to try it with a F1 car they had better do it quick.
> I believe regs are going to reduce downforce considerably in 2009.
> It would need a strong ceiling. The downforce used at some tracks is
huge.
That's where the moebius strip track has an advantage: once the
field is spread out enough, you'll have cars on both sides of
the strip and the downforces would cancel. Perhaps the staring
lineup could be split so that half the cars start on one side
and half on the other.
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