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Ben Lipman Goo Roo SA Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car, plus a spare shell
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Monday, April 29, 2013 - 01:46 am, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Aaron Casey wrote on Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 12:22 pm:
Alot of work there
I like work. Keps me out of trouble. I hate most TV see.
Andrew- I am buying 100m of carbon fibre twill, so I am keen to make the parts at my place. I am not even sure I need a wide body as I haven't got tyres on it yet, nor seen it sitting on the ground with the new rims. If I can get away with flaring the guards, I will. If I do need a wide body, it will be a purely functional aero piece of design, within the limitations of not having access to wind tunnel or CFD time. What it looks like will be secondary.
I agree the DTM style rear wheel arches look nasty. DTM teams used them until DTM banned them, probably because the cars looked horrible. That is the only reason that style has made it onto the sketch pad. That and the fact the fastest time attack car on the planet uses them, as designed by the most well known aero designer in the time attack scene (Andrew Brilliant- or Gixxer Drew as he used to be known on the net)
The front end is where my focus is at really- the air is so sh!tty at the back of the car you really just want to get rid of it as best you can, and stick a bloody big wing up high to make the downforce. Like most of my designs, once the plaster hits the body it will no doubt change more than once.
I am keen to see those moulds and such though. Just need to find my way to Sydney. Might be moving at the end of the year. Time to find a new track...