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Originally Posted by Richard Casto
Discussed quite a bit in the Closed Cockpit thread...
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129305
My opinion is...
1. We don't have much public data as to what was or wasn't tried, so it is mostly speculation.
2. What tiny bit we have is that Vettel complained about a windscreen making him "dizzy". I think there was just that one short test (which wasn't even finished) before the idea was scrapped?
https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/07/...riving-shield/
I don't want to move that topic to this thread, but to get one dig in...
Supposedly "top people" have looked into this. If only we had experience in designing windscreens for the front of things like cars, race cars, jet aircraft, etc. as well as knowing if the human body is able to see through these things without causing temporary or even permanent mental damage. Apparently it is a tough nut to crack. Maybe someday in the future, science will solve this hard problems. It is clearly too hard for F1, and if F1 can't do it, it can't be done. 
Richard |
Thanks. I'll have to finish that thread someday. I tried, but couldn't get through it during the season. Didn't mean to bring up something already mentioned. I do remember hearing that it wasn't good for vision when it was just a curved windscreen all one piece and no halo. Just seemed like an obvious fix that someone could figure out.