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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith
I'm sure this has been asked before but the two biggest questions with any form of canopy are going to be, will this affect the driver's view from the cockpit and exit from the car if there is a crash, especially if the car rolls over?
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The technologies are there as I've argued in this section before. Companies that design and produce cockpits for military aircraft have the expertise.
Shatter mechanism based on squids built with the cockpit material.
In the garage, cockpit open and or a big obvious safety pin in one of three location either side of the intake and on top of the safety cell. Cockpit latch shut and Removal of pin(s) sets a first stage in the arming, this would be race mode.
Multi input to second stage of arming mechanism ( g-meter, gyrostabiser detecting rollover, driver in cockpit control).
Triggering the squibs, Is effectively stage three, and can only happen when in stage two. Triggering can be done by driver, or by marshals. Trigger points on outside of car next to safety pin location on either side of engine intake and on top of safety cell like the neutral buttons.
There would be visible indicators as to which stage the mechanism is in.