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Old 05-24-2006, 04:53 PM   #16
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hmmm sweet pics love em lol ..
you know ..if the car lifts up a bit .. the downforce from the venturi dissapates and the shape of the car acts like a wing of an airplane lol .... soo YAY for aston !!
As a third year student at the university of Aerospace technology (studied aerodynamics for 3 years), I can say that this is bullshit. When the car would fly upside down, it may have acted like a wing of an airplane, but now it was the other way around, you can clearly see something on the rear, suspension or something, broke. then the car went backwards and over the curbs and flew.


^^exactly, the underbody is flat so as to make low pressure beneath the car which glues it to the track. When you reach the limit of downforce though, it's like a jet fighter taking off. In such light cars at high speeds even the slightest raise of the nose can make you fly.
There is no limit of downforce... At least, not on this planet.
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Old 05-24-2006, 09:38 PM   #17
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just found the same link on a different website few minutes ago.

Was a pretty big fligh for a car.
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Old 05-25-2006, 12:19 PM   #18
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wow the pics look amazing. Cant see the vid though as apparently, its hosted at some spam page and my spam protection doesnt like it.
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Old 05-25-2006, 01:30 PM   #19
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The video is fuckin hilaarious.. must of been one hell of a ride for that driver!

That DBR9 looks SOLID! (while hitting the tire barrier in a crash landing)
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