david.c Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Just finished. Confirms that motorbike riders are nuts. Understatement to say the least. BIG STEEL SPHERICALS Couldn't believe he was allowed to race..........he could barely walk Was this program a one off? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 There was a documentary on a while ago investigating the untimely death of Senna, unfortunately I havent got a clue what it was called It's has been repeated on discovery channel, I think it was part of a series called: “Seconds from death – anatomy of an accident” it concluded that the front wheel hitting his helmet killed him, and that the cause was the lack of grip due to the tyres being cold and the car hitting the skids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 That's it. Been bugging me too...... It seemed to me to be a well reasoned, well researched analysis in to what happened.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Albert Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Senna died instantly when a broken carbon fibre suspension arm, still attached to the front right wheel, penetrated his helmet above his right eye The cold tyres lowered the ride height allowing the car to 'bottom' on the track and instantaneously lose most venturi effect down force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 1. The Hurricane shot down 2 germans (fighters and bombers) for each contibution from the Spitfire, mostly because the Hurricane was much more stable which meant that it made a better gun platform. This was true in the battle of Britain, mainly due to the number of Hurricanes and the tactics of the Spitfires going after the fighter escorts and the Hurricanes taking the bombers, but ultimately the Spitfire was a more a more advanced design and saw service throughout WW2 and on into the 1950’s 4. No mention of the engineer who developed the floatless carburettor that prevented the 109 (fuel injection) pilots from escaping in a dog fight by pushing over into a vertical dive leaving the merlin engined british fighters to cough and splutter for a few vital seconds under negative gee This was a problem for all of the Merlin powered Aircraft, both Spitfire and Hurricane, a fault of the designers at Rolls Royce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I seem to remember a program a while back about Spitfires, It said they had about 20 seconds of firing time I know thats a lot of bullets and take off weight, but its not a lot when your going after the Luftwaffe, mucho respecto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickieB Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Fat Albert HANS would not be more than "my" car, but yes I have seen racing Locosts for sale for the same price.... I have only tested the fron crumple zone, and have no intention of testing the side or rear ones (or top), in fact for that matter, I intend to leave the front zone untouched this season too.................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Keene Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Dickie Been meaning to ask... Is that cylinder head of any use to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARD+PHILIP Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Must admit that program had me reaching for the DT catalogue to look at the price of Hans devices I suppose it's silly that we are quite happy to throw a grand at an engine over the winter but on a safety device is too expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickieB Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Martin Confession time - not looked at it yet. Been too busy rebuilding the car following my "prang" at the end of last season. Hope to complete the rebuild this weekend so may have time to look at the head. Sorry! Dickie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Keene Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 oh yeah... i forgot about your moment i was just curious to know it was of any good that's all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast iron Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 They missed the death of Toivenen that basically ended Group B Rally cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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