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"You cant compare Cart to Nascar -apples and oranges
You cant compare cars to planes -apples and oranges
You cant compare cars to boats -apples and oranges
You cant compare boats to planes -apples and oranges"
Why can't I compare CART to NASCAR? Tim Richmond ran his Winston Cup car with a 50/50 weight distribution because that's what he was used to from open wheel racing. Both CART Champ cars and NASCAR Winston Cup cars are cars aren't they? They both have a center of gravity don't they? They both have a roll center don't they? They both develop downforce don't they?
In most aerodynamics textbooks, both cars and boats are not even classified as either a land vehicle or a water vehicle. They're both classified as interface vehicles -- i.e., vehicles that are operated at the air/surface interface.
Carbon fiber layed up over a core material such as nomex honeycomb or PVC foam doesn't know whether it's in a boat, a car, or an airplane. The only variables are the number of plies, the orientation of the fibers, and the thickness of the core material.
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