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Originally Posted by Hubble
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...
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It was just an estimated guess off the back of the fact that F-16 canopies had been tested. They are 25-30mm thick which makes you wonder why such large examples were tested if they are not representitive of what is proposed for F1. I understand F1 cars don't go anywhere near as fast however. I am a desgn engineer myself and use a wide range of plastics in various applications, but plastic windscreens are not something I have a vast knowledge of. The most impact resistant plastic I have used is polycarbonate which is used for police riot shields but it also scratches fairly easily. I have no idea what plastics the military use.
