[rollei_list] Re: Banning of the Chaparral 2J - was RE: Re: OT - Formula One and Perpetual Motion

Ardeshir,

> >> The same thing, by the way, applies to cars with huge fans sucking up
> >> air from underneath and thereby producing gobs of down-force even on
> >> the slowest curves. They were banned because cars equipped with such
> >> fans would easily out-distance the present cars.
> >
> > Er, no. They (the Chaparral 2J) were banned for a very good safety
> > reason. They sucked up debris from the track and spit it out the rear
> > of the car. It was a severe safety hazard. A small pebble or even
> > marbles (and if you have a clue about auto racing, you'd know what
> > marbles were...but now that you've found out how to search for things
> > on the Internet and become an instant expert, I'm sure you can find it
> > that way as well) could potentially kill or seriously injure a driver
> > (or someone on the trackside) if "spit" from one of these cars.
> >
> > Austin
>
> Austin, my dear chap! That could have easily been solved by having the
> air strained ... like through a strainer.

Sigh.  Your proposed "solution" has been thought of by thousands of people
long before you.  Anyone with even a simple understanding of the issue would
understand that your proposal would not work.

> (One needs, however, to be an un-engineer - like, say, a cook - to
> figure out these easy solutions,

Your (typical) claim of an "easy solution" that does not work, and the
reason you don't understand why something doesn't work before even opening
your mouth, is because of your lack of actual understanding of the material.

Austin

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