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20 Dec 2002, 01:00 (Ref:453872) | #1 | ||
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Listen to this engine soundbite...
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Is this a load of cobblers? ripped from another forum I haunt... > According to Tim Blair in Oz, the Asiatech folks > have programmed > their F-1 engine to play music. I quote: > > Load the link and press play. > http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3 > > First you'll hear a 10-cylinder, 750 horsepower > Asiatech F1 > engine being warmed up. Then it performs a > rousing version > of "When The Saints Come Marching In", to the > delight of > assembled pit staff and journalists. > > Here's how the magic was achieved > (technical/musical details > via F1 Racing magazine): > > As we all know, a V10 engine produces five > combustions per > revolution at a frequency per second of 60/(5 x > revs per > minute), which equals 12/rpm. Therefore, to > work out the > revs you need to hit a particular musical note, > you multiply > the note's frequency by 12. To play a 440Hz > 'A', for example, > you need 5,280rpm. For 'C', use 3,139rpm, for > 'F' 4,191rpm, > and so on. > > Asiatech's French technicians (the engine, > despite its name, > is derived from a Peugeot design) simply > programmed their > engine to run through the various rev/note > ranges in the > correct sequence. The result is delightful. And > think of the > possibilities - BMW's F1 engine, which howls > all the way to > 19,050rpm, could rip through the entire Hendrix > songbook. |
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20 Dec 2002, 15:37 (Ref:454286) | #2 | ||
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Do you mean 'is this made up'? No, it's not - it was shown being done on digital TV.
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