Take a look at the pictures at the end, Pat claims he found at least 18 design errors on that old F1 car
Pat's design error contest
Here are the ones I found with a first glimpse:
- scariest ARB-actuation with the longest ARB I've ever seen (at least 5 design flaws)
- steering rod with a huge angular offset for best linear actuation
- mounting of the steering rod to the hub will result in a torsional moment to this odd looking spigot.
- spigot seems to be screwed to the hub. This means that a torsional moment during cornering could unscrew the spigot, hmmmmm
- good old rod ends in bending
- bad vector force load pathes where the heavily stressed lower a-arms are mounted to the chassis will result in beding
- brake lines are carried by a sharp looking metal sheet -> danger of abrasion when moving due to cornering
- mounting of the shock will result in a beding moment to the lower a-arm
- Uhmm, where is the roll center supposed to be?
In addition I don't want to crash in that car The front steel frame will have little effect and supposedly would simply snap away. And the fire extinguisher would be a good slam to the head...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!