Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from George Russell.
Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
A driver in the W Series suffered a broken back after her car's right wheels skimmed some sausage kerbs at the Austin Tx track.
I have watched in-car footage of a NASCAR-type crash where the driver was completely contained in her safety seat, and had the sense to take her hands off the wheel before impact with the wall. Her HANS device worked perfectly. Nonetheless she suffered a serious concussion that lasted weeks.
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
On 27/04/2022 4:13 am, bra wrote:
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from
George Russell.
Where?
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
A driver in the W Series suffered a broken back after her car's right wheels skimmed some sausage kerbs at the Austin Tx track.
I have watched in-car footage of a NASCAR-type crash where the driver was completely contained in her safety seat, and had the sense to take her hands off the wheel before impact with the wall. Her HANS device worked perfectly. Nonetheless she suffered a serious concussion that lasted weeks.
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from
George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced
driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars
and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
On 2022-04-26 9:13 a.m., bra wrote:But proposing is not beneficial to performance.
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
A driver in the W Series suffered a broken back after her car's right wheels skimmed some sausage kerbs at the Austin Tx track.
I have watched in-car footage of a NASCAR-type crash where the driver was completely contained in her safety seat, and had the sense to take her hands off the wheel before impact with the wall. Her HANS device worked perfectly. Nonetheless she suffered a serious concussion that lasted weeks.
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?There was a terrific documentary along similar lines about fighter
aircraft that basically concluded that for some time now, the most
limiting factor on performance has been the human sitting in the cockpit.
And I think that F1 is close to that limit; at least with the current problems of porpoising.
On 2022-04-26 9:13 a.m., bra wrote:I remember seeing a documentary on PBS a long time ago that shared a bit of on-board video from a US Air Force training flight; a fighter jet had just taken a VERY hard turn, resulting in the young trainee passing out in the cockpit. The flight would clearly have ended in disaster if not for the instructor sitting in the "back" seat who had remained conscious and was able to take control of the plane. Scary stuff.
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
A driver in the W Series suffered a broken back after her car's right wheels skimmed some sausage kerbs at the Austin Tx track.
I have watched in-car footage of a NASCAR-type crash where the driver was completely contained in her safety seat, and had the sense to take her hands off the wheel before impact with the wall. Her HANS device worked perfectly. Nonetheless she suffered a serious concussion that lasted weeks.
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?There was a terrific documentary along similar lines about fighter
aircraft that basically concluded that for some time now, the most
limiting factor on performance has been the human sitting in the cockpit.
And I think that F1 is close to that limit; at least with the current problems of porpoising.
bra wrote:
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from[snip]
George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced
driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars
and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
Since when has anyone described porpoising as an advance in car
performance.
It is a unforeseen by product of design. It will get designed out.
Personally I think the FIA should consider regulations to stop cars
running with porpoising on safety grounds; or at least tell the teams
they are considering it so they act even if it means reducing
performance. F1 takes enough toll on the driver without this... and it
just looks bloody stupid for what is considered the pinnacle of
motorsport by many.
Several teams' CFD and chassis dynamics designs and remedies are a joke.
bra wrote:
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from[snip]
George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced
driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars
and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
Since when has anyone described porpoising as an advance in car
performance.
It is a unforeseen by product of design. It will get designed out.
On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 6:28:43 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
On 2022-04-26 9:13 a.m., bra wrote:
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising",There was a terrific documentary along similar lines about fighter
from George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do
enhanced driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden
impacts?
A driver in the W Series suffered a broken back after her car's
right wheels skimmed some sausage kerbs at the Austin Tx track.
I have watched in-car footage of a NASCAR-type crash where the
driver was completely contained in her safety seat, and had the
sense to take her hands off the wheel before impact with the
wall. Her HANS device worked perfectly. Nonetheless she suffered
a serious concussion that lasted weeks.
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have
cars and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
aircraft that basically concluded that for some time now, the most
limiting factor on performance has been the human sitting in the
cockpit.
And I think that F1 is close to that limit; at least with the
current problems of porpoising.
But proposing is not beneficial to performance.
I've seen the video and reports around aircraft but those balance
improved performance (acceleration, deceleration, turning etc.)
against the human bodies ability to survive the environment.
I suspect there will be a time where car performance improvements
potentially surpass our (the driver's) physical capabilities (think
g-forces on the neck) but these underfloor aerodynamic failures are
not in that category.
Or maybe they are. Does anyone have 2021/2022 same team, same track
data to show the difference between last years peak and this years
peak (with the proposing?) That would be an interesting side-by-side
video showing a lap over the two versions of a car.
FWIW DLM--- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 7:28:43 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
On 2022-04-26 9:13 a.m., bra wrote:I remember seeing a documentary on PBS a long time ago that shared a bit of on-board video from a US Air Force training flight; a fighter jet had just taken a VERY hard turn, resulting in the young trainee passing out in the cockpit. The flight would clearly have ended in disaster if not for the instructor sitting in the "back" seat who had remained conscious and was able to take control of the plane. Scary stuff.
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?There was a terrific documentary along similar lines about fighter
A driver in the W Series suffered a broken back after her car's right wheels skimmed some sausage kerbs at the Austin Tx track.
I have watched in-car footage of a NASCAR-type crash where the driver was completely contained in her safety seat, and had the sense to take her hands off the wheel before impact with the wall. Her HANS device worked perfectly. Nonetheless she suffered a serious concussion that lasted weeks.
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
aircraft that basically concluded that for some time now, the most
limiting factor on performance has been the human sitting in the cockpit.
And I think that F1 is close to that limit; at least with the current
problems of porpoising.
I'm not sure if that would ever happen in an F1 car; I'm not a doctor, though I play one on TV. 8-)
On 4/27/2022 8:50 AM, Bigbird wrote:
bra wrote:
Alarming to read about the deleterious effects of "porpoising", from[snip]
George Russell. Although cars are integrally safer, do enhanced
driver fittings and restraints tend to exacerbate sudden impacts?
Hamilton is fit as a fiddle, and Max is a superman --- but have cars
and car performance advanced beyond safe human resilience?
Since when has anyone described porpoising as an advance in car
performance.
It is a unforeseen by product of design. It will get designed out.
Personally I think the FIA should consider regulations to stop cars
running with porpoising on safety grounds; or at least tell the teams
they are considering it so they act even if it means reducing
performance. F1 takes enough toll on the driver without this... and it
just looks bloody stupid for what is considered the pinnacle of
motorsport by many.
Several teams' CFD and chassis dynamics designs and remedies are a joke.
clearly
clearly
clearly
It would be extremely unlikely; essentially impossible.
Says the guy not qualified to do any of it.
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