James Douglas
28 February 2001, 14:03
Hi,
Having been on the Midlands meet this weekend I was just interested if anyone had any suggestions or ideas on the above.
I was thinking along the lines of:
1) Altittude specific tyre pressure kit - this inflates to say 100psi in mid flight to allow for hard impacts on landing - deflating after touch down
2) Air balance sensors - to redistribute weight mid launch - making the back end heavier to reduce front end impact.
3) Launch controlled air bags - reduced sensativity to prevent impact detonation after particularly mingin lift off
4) Turbo Boost thrusters - connected to the exhaust piping, used to direct air current to "steer" the car in mid air. These could be adapted to include a "harrier jumpjet" type arrangement to reduce chassis stress on returning to terra ferma.
5) Windscreen "lift off proof" glass
6) GPS Sat nav to warn of incoming Hump-Back bridges - including visual and sonic warning
7) Aero dynamic mudflaps that keep the car in a straight line
8) Modified rear "Wing" to increase hangtime
9) Modified turbo timer to calculate Length, Height, Air time and impact pressure - producing a quotient we could post that would mean something (like - i did a 24.7 last week, beating my best of a 24.3). We could then start competitions!!!
Just some suggestions - any one else got any ideas. Do you think Prodrive would be interested in releasing a kit in time for the next Midlands meet?
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J
Having been on the Midlands meet this weekend I was just interested if anyone had any suggestions or ideas on the above.
I was thinking along the lines of:
1) Altittude specific tyre pressure kit - this inflates to say 100psi in mid flight to allow for hard impacts on landing - deflating after touch down
2) Air balance sensors - to redistribute weight mid launch - making the back end heavier to reduce front end impact.
3) Launch controlled air bags - reduced sensativity to prevent impact detonation after particularly mingin lift off
4) Turbo Boost thrusters - connected to the exhaust piping, used to direct air current to "steer" the car in mid air. These could be adapted to include a "harrier jumpjet" type arrangement to reduce chassis stress on returning to terra ferma.
5) Windscreen "lift off proof" glass
6) GPS Sat nav to warn of incoming Hump-Back bridges - including visual and sonic warning
7) Aero dynamic mudflaps that keep the car in a straight line
8) Modified rear "Wing" to increase hangtime
9) Modified turbo timer to calculate Length, Height, Air time and impact pressure - producing a quotient we could post that would mean something (like - i did a 24.7 last week, beating my best of a 24.3). We could then start competitions!!!
Just some suggestions - any one else got any ideas. Do you think Prodrive would be interested in releasing a kit in time for the next Midlands meet?
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J