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Originally Posted by C9/89
Im not so sure its just about head protection, it may mean they are looking into the whole lateral impact zone and the fact that they are prone to flight at the moment?
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Agree, I think the ACO may be contemplating increasing the size of the monocoque by raising the tub sides. Here's the current regulation as it reads:
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The survival cell must provide lateral protections 500 mm
high as a minimum along the total length of the cockpit
opening (with the exception of the door openings.
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The regulations (16.2.1, b/) also states these lateral areas must be at least 900 mm apart thus your tub is approximately 900 mm wide and 500 mm tall. If they increase these dimension it will go inline with the discussion of making the car bigger in addition to eating into useable aero volumes.