Reading your post made me think. You mention weight over the rear axle. (and under roll hoop for lifting)Rodak wrote: ↑11 Apr 2022, 17:33The location of the c.g. (actually center of mass) determines the weight distribution on the front/rear. For example, consider a car with a wheel base of 100 whatevers and a mass of 100 whatevers. If the c.g. is at 50 the car would balance on a knife edge at 50. The fore/aft weights would be 50/50. If the c.g. was moved so it was over the rear axle (this is of course imaginary for simplicity sake) the c.g. would be at 0 and the rear weight 100; the front weight would be 0. Move the c.g. to 45 and the rear weight would be 55, the front 45, which is what the regulations require ±. Now how do you change the fore/aft weights without moving the c.g. or vice versa? You can't. This is pretty basic stuff.....The COG and weight distribution are not the same thing, the COG is a calculated point that will balance the car. The weight distribution is calculated by corner weights.
To clarify whether the regulations apply during the entire meeting, here is Article 2 of the Sporting Regulations...2) GENERAL UNDERTAKING
2.1 All drivers, Competitors and officials participating in the Championship undertake, on
behalf of themselves, their employees, agents and suppliers, to observe all the
provisions as supplemented or amended of the International Sporting Code (the Code),
the Formula One Technical Regulations (Technical Regulations), the Formula One
Financial Regulations (Financial Regulations) and the present Formula One Sporting
Regulations together referred to as “the Regulations”.
2.2 The Championship and each of its Events is governed by the FIA in accordance with the
Regulations.
2.3 Event means any event entered into the FIA Formula One Championship Calendar for
any year commencing four (4) hours before P1 is scheduled to start and ending at the
time for the lodging of a protest under the terms of the Code or the time when a technical
or sporting certification has been carried out under the terms of the Code, whichever is
the later.
Am I right in thinking that anywhere along from behind the centreline, until it starts giving the seesaw effect past the axle, the weight is going to be the same on a scale (statically) but not dynamically?
So will 20kg over the axle centre point be the same on the scale as 20 kg half a metre further forward?
It certainly will not be the same on a bend will it?