Carbon steering wheels for champcar

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Just a heads up to all the technology lovers out there. Keep an I out for some very impressive carbon steering wheels about to be used by Will Power. These wheels are made in Australia and will look great on the new Panoz. Hopefully he can get everyone to use these wheels, as I have seen the current setup and they are pretty ugly. The wheel has had a fairly extensive R&D run and is designed by aeronautical composite engineers. For anyone who doesnt know, the Panoz now has a deformable structure in the steering column which will collapse well before the breaking point of the wheel. The wheel however has also been design to stay together if it was to fracture and bend like an alloy wheel. It might still have a chance a shard being exposed but the chances of this are very minimal. Its composite is all prepreg carbon fibre and some other special bits, which of course due to IP I cannot reveal. try this link here there are just some photos of the wheel without the dash, moulded grips or front cover but you get the idea. Also the way this wheel works it will encompass all of the wiring INSIDE the wheel. This is wehat I meant by the old setup being a bit ugly with all the wires on the outside of the wheel. The only visible wires will be one each side on the back for the paddle shifters. http://my.imageshack.us/v_images.php