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12 Oct 2001, 03:15 (Ref:159499) | #1 | ||
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Skaife's steering wheel
what an impressive piece of kit that is.
just shows how much money HRT are pouring into their cars ...these things seem rather silly to me..as they dont really improve the cars performance and surely it is not that hard to have a glance down at the dashboard for 1 second..but hey if it was that easy i would be out doing it myself wouldnt I ? anyway anyone know what kind of things are shown on the wheel? I guess lap times and split times and the like ..can he access ten tenths on there i wonder ? and what does it cost? the LCD dash I believe costs around $20 000 (but I could be wrong on that) and add that to this steering wheel ..certainly raises the costs again doenst it and what do you think of the introduction of things like this ? |
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12 Oct 2001, 03:48 (Ref:159504) | #2 | ||
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Some people just have too much money to spend...
It would just be the standard Motec screen (HRT have a Pi something or rather, not sure if it dash or engine management system), but it can be explained at: http://www.motec.com.au/dash.htm |
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12 Oct 2001, 05:26 (Ref:159513) | #3 | ||
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What about the steering wheel Lowndes and Crompton were using at Bathurst with the top 1/4 cut off ?
How long do you reckon it will be before we see in car footage of somebody grabbing for a peice of steering wheel that isn't there ? |
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12 Oct 2001, 06:18 (Ref:159519) | #4 | ||
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Sort of bringing in the Wakeifld Park thread at this point- I'd like to see them do a 3 point turn blind folded
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12 Oct 2001, 13:58 (Ref:159641) | #5 | ||
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I think they have put this on the steering wheel to just how bored they are getting. Damn, this year it is going to be their 5 championship win in six years, this isn't racing it's a damn joke. Seeing that the current V8 technology was mastered sometime in the early 1970's I guess steering wheels are the next best thing that they can try to improve.
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anyway yeh I reckon it could be a problem if someone gets all out of shape..but in this day and age you only need your hands in the traditional 9 oclock , 3 oclock position becasue the cars really turn well and dont have or need a great deal of lock |
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13 Oct 2001, 10:52 (Ref:160024) | #7 | ||
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I'm actually surprised we didn't see steering wheels like Skaife's earlier, they are nothing new, especially to TWR. In 1999, the TWR Volvo's in the BTCC had similiar stuff on the steering wheel, probably the info has been passed on from one TWR team to another, but do Bright, Kelly and Murphy have the same wheel's.
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14 Oct 2001, 00:40 (Ref:160292) | #8 | ||
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I would have thought this a step backwards, not forwards as the only time you could really read any info... would be on a straight like Conrod anyway. Purely there for the w@nk factor i reckon
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18 Oct 2001, 03:51 (Ref:162344) | #9 | ||
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I wholeheartedly agree with AJ here, he's spot on. Pure W@nk.
D.R.T. You really have no idea what on earth you are talking about. I thought we'd explained to you some time ago, but here goes again. The following technology is common to V8 Supercars and does NOT come from the early '70s, much later of course. Macpherson struts, rear disc brakes, cambered live axles, disc rotors the size of a pizza dish, electronic engine management systems, shock dynos, 6 way adjustable dampers, carbon composites, aerodynamics which actually produce downforce, 6 speed gearboxes with straight cut gears, slide throttle mechanisms, structural cages, Pi dash systems, cabin adjustable sway bars etc. You obviously don't like V8 Supercars and that's OK, it's a free country, but don't pretend they're old fashioned or low tech. They're simply not! |
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18 Oct 2001, 13:32 (Ref:162475) | #10 | |
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I must admit that I haven't seen the wheel from Skaife's car but these wheels are becoming more and more popular because you can put all sorts of functions at the drivers finger tips e.g. pit lane speed limiter. This means that the driver can concentrate more and not have to take their hands off the wheel to flick switches and press buttons. Also the different seating positions sometimes make the dash awkward to see for different drivers another problem fixed by the wheel dash. Check out http://www.piresearch.com under club products. It would be funny if it was a PI system because Ford owns PI.
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19 Oct 2001, 12:46 (Ref:162885) | #11 | ||
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I exagerated a little, but don't you all. V8 Supercars are not cutting edge technology and they were never meant to be, if you believe that well your as gullable as they come. V8 Supercars are not breaking the barriers on new technology. The category was designed to be close affordable racing. In some areas they have failed.
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19 Oct 2001, 23:42 (Ref:163121) | #12 | ||
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Redback- fairly certain it is- there was a big think piece on the subject in a recent MRA, and it pointed out that the HRT use something that is developed by pi, I'll have to dig it up, but I think it was the dash.
D.R.T.- You didn't do yourself any favours by saying that |
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19 Oct 2001, 23:57 (Ref:163127) | #13 | ||
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Hey guys, forgive me if i'm wrong but can't the drivers scroll thru screens with a button on steering wheel anyway?
Still can't see a real advantage in Skaife's new setup apart from one upmanship Last edited by Alan Jones; 19 Oct 2001 at 23:58. |
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20 Oct 2001, 00:20 (Ref:163132) | #14 | ||
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Yep, that's right. The teams can set up the different data screens in any format that like. Say some drivers like to see road speed on their dash, while others would prefer oil pressure etc etc... Generally the only time they would scroll throuhg the pages would be if the car ****s itself, and the driver is trying to diagnose the problem. Also if one of the items registers a reading that is out side of the set parameters set by the team (for instance if there is low oil pressure, overheating, low voltage, low fuel) a warning light will trip, drawing the drivers' attention to the dash. Often there might be a glitch in the system that will trip the system off, and the team can generally over ride this because of their live telemetry stream back in the pits. If this happens, the driver can hit a reset button to start the system over again.
I think HRT would have only done it if the drivers found it a bit easier to read... something that helps the driver operate, can only be adventageous. I'm sure that they wouldn't do it if there was no advantage, and I'm also sure that most of the other teams will be trying out their's, and Gibson's set up very shortly.. |
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