j30fos Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Just got back in from a awsome day at Williams F1 factory visit. My mate works in the machine shop and got us a ticket. The place is amazing, looked around the museum, every williams car past and present was on display. i've took loads of pics which i'll post in a few days. Its mad how much they've changed from the 70's/80's to now. looked around the machine shop you'd be amazed how clean it is. went to compersite shop where all the carbon/ kevlar etc etc peices where put together, even rosbergs car was there from brasil, you could see where his helmet had smashed the carbon surround. As you can tell it was a great day and cant begin to tell how much goes into making one of these cars, everything was available to touch. even allowed to look at new techiques for manufacter of prototype parts in motion, making parts for next years car. not make by ali/titainium any more but made from a liquid and a lazer creating the part layer upon layer. Like I say when I can put the pics on CD I'll post them :-) If anyone gets the chance its well worth it. Also can anyone answer a question, each hub front and rear had a cog on it, is that something to do with traction contol? Quote
pistonbroke Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 QUOTE Also can anyone answer a question, each hub front and rear had a cog on it, is that something to do with traction contol? Cos there made outa old Meccano bits ? Quote
scott beeland Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Me and Gromit had a tour round thr Red Bull F1 HQ a few weeks back and that was mighty impressive too Quote
lukeyboy Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Also can anyone answer a question, each hub front and rear had a cog on it, is that something to do with traction contol? Could it be something to do with measuring the exact speed of every wheel. i.e. different wheels moving at different speeds when cornering, are certain wheels locking up under braking conditions, what happend before the car smashed into the wall etc. Just a thought! Quote
Buzz Billsberry Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Part of it is to help with traction control as obviously the rear wheels wont give an accurate indication of true wheel speed as they will tend to be spinning thro' loss of traction, where the front wheels will generally not be. The software will then work with the gear box and engine speed sensors to allow the correct amount of power to minimise wheel spin and optimise traction control Buzz Quote
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