USF1 -- F1's All-American Challenger

[xpensive]

Interesting, the guys in Part 3 seems much better prepared, even if seeing Windsor hovering in the background reminds me of North-Korean interviews with the politruk overlooking what's been said and not.

I never haid a problem with spartan offices however, but empty desks and round-files, hell yeah.

[marcush.]

I still can´t see the advantage of housing the oiltank in the bellhouing .
It definitively is a less service friendly solution for engine changes ,and to have the oiltank in the bellhousing wich is also needed to be shorter than 2009 to make sense at all you would need to put the oil on top of the bellhousing in an area where all you want to have is free streaming air ,not obstructions....So to me the idea oiltank bellhousing is not on .

[cooper-climax]

Regarding John Anderson's move to USF1. There is a dirty little rumour that he only joined the team because De Ferran was having to down-size their effort after being dropped by the Acura program, and struggling to find funding for an IRL campaign. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80645

People who find themselves unemployed with only a few weeks to find a team before the start of the season might be less picky than usual.

[Belatti]

Don't you think you are just a tad off-topic here? This thread is about USF1-bashing, not oil-tanks.

I used to have only one reason to support USF1: they may give a compatriot of mine a shot at an F1 car. Its not that I care too much for Mr. Lopez, but that kind of things increases drastically the interest of this country -with big motorsport tradition but burried in the vulgarity of roofed silhouette series- in F1. When my country is involved someway to F1, I can read about F1 in papers instead on the net (and its not that I will not read F1technical ) and that was nice 10 years ago when I didnt have an i-net conection.

But now I have another reason to support USF1: if they do well, I will be able to laugh in Xpensives face!

[Roger the knife]

Watched both the Bob Varsha reports, and there was nothing in either to suggest a car, or parts exist. I'd have thought they'd show some of the bits and pieces, but nothing, probably all being made in China....

No, but at the rate they are going, they will finally make their way out of the design office in part 12-15 (assuming about 5 feet of movement per segment).

Then they have to tour the shop area, stare at parts being machined, etc.

So by the time you see the car it will be part 25-30 ish. Which will probably be just in time for it to leave for Barber, lol.

Just watched part 3, I suspect you are right on the money, probably a couple of episodes on how all the Brits have tea-break, then a couple on Peter's collection of Jim Clark pictures, a few episodes on Design Office fashion, local public transport, barbeques on the loading dock, etc, and as you say, about 25-30 ish we'll see the car, around the time of Monaco....

[xpensive]

...But now I have another reason to support USF1: if they do well, I will be able to laugh in Xpensives face!

Tell you what Gaucho, when there's a credible picture of an F1 car designed and built in Charlotte and a date confirmed
for testing in Alabama, I will fly there to see the miracle for myself.

And if you can be there with a Nomex-suit, I will eat it with "Grits" when they shatter the lap-record!

[Richard]

probably a couple of episodes on how all the Brits have tea-break,

Peter should note that we're terribly modern now, some of us drink coffee. We also converted to the new fangled decimal system (makes it easier to count on our fingers because we don't have computers), and some of us have inside flushing toilets.

We do however cling to quaint traditions. For example long periods away from work called "holidays", and roads have "pavements" to allow people to "walk". We still do not have a "constitution".

[Pandamasque]

http://www.crash.net/tailenders/video/1 ... start.html

[madtown77]

And if you can be there with a Nomex-suit, I will eat it with "Grits" when they shatter the lap-record!

Just in case, we need to start a collection fund.

Since Alpine Stars is their official clothing partner, I think this is only fitting:
http://www.alpinestars.com/GP2_Suit_US/ ... 35516.html

Who's willing to throw in $50 and some BBQ sauce maybe?

[ISLAMATRON]

I'll throw in the BBQ sauce... Sweet Baby Rays... best stuff on the Planet... actually that would be a waste on Xpensive

[Ciro Pabón]

Looking forward to the Youtube episode: xpensive digesting a set of nomex ALPINESTARS firesuit in Charlotte....do we need to start a collection in case you will try to get away stating you are short of funds ??

Well, as I think that a video of X eating a Nomex suit on the track, in front of everybody, would appear on every F1 news segment at every major in the world that very same evening, would it be too much for you guys to put an LARGE F1Technical logo on the suit, right besides the Star and Stripes? You know, we worry about the site's image and that would be excellent publicity.

BTW, please check in advance if suits are edible, we don't want to lose any member.

[Giblet]

My girl makes all kinds of clothes. I'll find out what is the most edible, and least flammable textile.

I would suggest some natural fibers as they are probably easier to digest than the spun plastics that make up most synthetics, and their permeability would allow them to soak up any marinade, where most plastics will just repel the flavor.

The important thing is the volume of material that is ingested, not so much it's fire retardant abilities.

The flammability of fabric can be drastically reduced through the use of fire retardants. Many natural fibers, including cotton, can be topically treated with a chemical that reduces the fabric’s flammability to the extent that it becomes nearly non-combustible. During a fire, the chemical reacts with the gases and tars generated naturally by the fabric, converting the gases and tars to carbon char, thus drastically slowing the fabric’s burning rate.
Some polyester fabrics are considered permanently fire retardant. This is because fire retardant properties are built directly into the molecular structure of the fibers. Fabrics manufactured utilizing Trevira and Avora polyester fibers are considered inherently or permanently fire retardant[citation needed]. Other synthetic fabrics may be considered durably fire retardant, fire retardant, or non-fire retardant. Durably fire retardant refers to a process in which polyesters are chemically treated during the manufacturing process with a non-water soluble chemical. In other cases, synthetic fabrics may be topically treated with chemicals after the manufacturing process (in the same manner as natural fibers such as cotton), or may be untreated (or untreatable) and therefore considered non-fire retardant.
Aramid, like Twaron is used in modern fabrics to withstand high temperatures in industry and fire-fighting.

[Professor]

If it would be helpful, I have a spare nomex suit that I would be willing to donate to a worthy cause. I am very civic minded and try to promote the well being of the community whenever possible.

[Ray]

And if people aren't BSing around, we have at least three members that might attend the BMP test in February?

I'm dead serious. If they show up at Barber for a test session and it's open to the public I'm going. And another guy I work with will too. I'll probably never get to see an F1 car in person at the rate the economyis going and there is no future plans for a USGP. So this might be my only chance. It's only a few hours drive from here too.

[Pandamasque]

Ray, can you get a toast signed by Peter and Ken for us at F1T?