Thread: Tech Issue Closed cockpits- Closer to reality then we might think?
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Old 19 Oct 2011, 01:01 (Ref:2973615)   #159
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How the hell did you work that out? Use the right materials and construction and it shouldn't be necessary to be more than 5-6mm tops. Car windscreens are only around 3-4mm thick, and have a much larger frontal area than would be necessary on an F1 car...and F1 screens would be stronger in frontal impacts due to the wraparound shape...

All that aside, I'm against canopies for F1 cars...
... and on open wheel cars in general. Part of a race car designer's remit is to find that compromise between an open cockpit and the rest of car's aerodynamics.
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