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Bat man enters Le mans
« on: March 14, 2012, 12:09:21 pm »
475Kgs, and 300bhp 1.6l nissan direct injection turbo. Looks a bit twitchy entering the corners.  :scared:

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2012, 12:11:03 pm »
was looking at this the other day does look good

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2012, 12:21:43 pm »

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2012, 12:32:39 pm »
Hmmm.... I'm not sure that placing the front wheels so close was a good move.

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 01:04:05 pm »
To be honest i think it is more of a publicity stunt than an all out effort to be serious. I would like to know how they get enough downforce on the front end to stop it driving like an Audi.  :happy2:

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 01:18:11 pm »
The answer is they probably don't.

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2012, 04:49:01 pm »
It was originally a design for this years new regs for Indy car. Bit to radical for the americans. Got some top men behind it and michelin have developed tyres just for it and they wouldnt do that if they thought it would be a disaster. Will be running in a class on its own seeing as it doesnt fit into any of the other classes!

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2012, 07:52:53 pm »
Can't wait to see this there
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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2012, 08:10:29 pm »
I've been following the progress on this in race car engineering, the whole thing is designed to be unstable like a modern fighter jet.
Electronics and torque vectoring are then used to tame it in the hope that the instability makes it incredibly agile.  :driver:

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2012, 08:12:37 pm »
The wider track at the rear means that, from the in-car footage, the driver seems to miss every apex.  It must be like driving an artic (only much much faster!)


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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2012, 08:23:46 pm »
so how is the downforce achieved at any real significant level? i cant see how it can run at any real competitive speed, but as a feat of engineering its pretty impressive

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Re: Bat man enters Le mans
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2012, 02:03:33 am »
A lot of the performance will come from the enclosed wheels, one of the biggests causes for drag. Sould make it good down the mulsan! Also make it have better MPG, key factor in winning at Le Man.