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Moveable ballast still used?

Discussion in 'Other Racing' started by Fast_ian, Aug 6, 2007.

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  1. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

    Sep 25, 2006
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    Ian Anderson
    Hey,

    Given Flav's recent "grandstanding" - "I'd love to know their weight distribution" etc got me thinking......

    They used to have big-ol' chunks of some_high_tech_lead_like material that they could mount in different locations to alter the weight distribution (and obviously get the car up to it's minimum weight.)

    Now, I certainly don't know, but would guess there's a pretty well defined range of "suitable" distributions - Lets say somewhere between 40/60 and 60/40.

    The car (sans driver) is around 550kgs - So, we need to be able to "move" around 50kgs around - *IF* they're still using this ballast I don't see that as difficult.

    If I'm correct, I would think a good test day should be able to cover all reasonable possibilities......

    Cheers,
    Ian
     

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