No bodywork situated more than 1950mm forward of rear face 

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No bodywork situated more than 1950mm forward of rear face 

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No bodywork situated more than 1950mm forward of rear face of the cockpit entry template 
may be more than 550mm above the reference plane.
i just wanted to know what this distance is from the front wheel centre line. :? pls guys help.

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Re: No bodywork situated more than 1950mm forward of rear fa

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150mm from front bulkhead.

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Tozza Mazza
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Re: No bodywork situated more than 1950mm forward of rear fa

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jusho wrote:No bodywork situated more than 1950mm forward of rear face of the cockpit entry template 
may be more than 550mm above the reference plane.
i just wanted to know what this distance is from the front wheel centre line. :? pls guys help.
There is no set distance. The designer is free to choose.

A conventional place to have the bulkhead (1800mm forward of the rear face) is 150mm ahead of the front wheel centre line.