"Formula 1 is developing a closed cockpit design cars Bashny.Net

"Formula 1 is about to start testing closed-cockpit cars, of the concept, which is aimed at improving the safety of the pilots. About it reports international website Motorsport.com, in whose hands got the image of the new closed-cockpit, as well as information about what the trials will begin next month.

The concept of the cockpit of a strange kind of developed Mercedes-Benz Motorsports, one of the leading teams in F1. However, later it adopted took organization international automobile (FIA). The idea of a closed cockpit for F1 is not new, but this is the first case where the FIA test it in real conditions.




In 2011, the Institute for Motor Sport Safety and Sustainability were tested using the polycarbonate frame of the cockpit and is fully protected polycarbonate frame of the fighter cockpit, they shot a 20-pound wheel. Partial protection reflected the impact of the wheel, but crumbled to pieces. The frame of the cockpit of the fighter, in turn, fully reflected the impact and remained intact.

In 2012 the FIA Institute tested a so-called "cells" security, which is usually used in drag racing. Again, the same wheel was shot in a metal frame. By chance the point of impact was exactly at the place where would the head of the rider. The frame gave way, and the wheel came off.

However, all these designs protective cockpits have problems and the most common among these problems, in addition to the limitations of review the ability of the pilot to get out of the car after the accident. There are also concerns that mirrored parts of the protective frame fragments can be routed directly to the pilot himself. However, increasing the number of accidents, injuries, and associated with many types of racing deaths requires a search for solutions. published

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Source: hi-news.ru/