X1 question..

[GTOne2Three]

They say it's not possible to race it in real life because of the G-Forces. Couldn't they use a fighter pilot G-Force suit?

 

[Sir-Shoelace]

no cause then they wouldn't fit in the driver's seat

 

[RacingManiac]

G-suit works for vertical G, not lateral G...

 

[Rich S]

I believe it'd be possible to get a couple laps off on a track with big run-offs, like Bahrain. The lap time would be in the 1:00-1:10 range and the driver would be too exhausted after that to keep it going.

Thats just my opinion though. Gs themselves dont do physical damage to the body, contrary to alot of the fearful speculations on here. In fact for short bursts during crashes most drivers have hit over 50 Gs, sometimes 100 Gs. The car is actually possible I think. It would cost almost as much as a small commercial aircraft to build (just one). Multiples would be really costly.

 

[bjosim]

The driver need not have a g-suit. He could just use something to support the neck. And with some practice he would know what kind of pace he can have and still manage 50-70 laps. They don't have to drive at full speed all the time. Then it would not be up to who have the fastest car, but who has the physique to keep going. I think it could have been very cool to have such races

 

[RacingManiac]

In fact for short bursts during crashes most drivers have hit over 50 Gs, sometimes 100 Gs. T

The duration of those are measured in milliseconds though....

 

[Mugenjin]

Gs themselves dont do physical damage to the body, contrary to alot of the fearful speculations on here.

lolwhat?
yea right...Just because you can survive 50-100gs accidents, which btw lasted for a fraction of a second, doesn't mean that you'll be unharmed...

 

[freight48]

You'd have to be Arnold in his hay-day to survive just one lap in that car!! In fact, you'd probably stuff it into the tires in the first corner.

 

[TenEightyOne]

A fighter-style G-suit wouldn't work in the X1-2010.

Why not? Because in an aircraft the pilot rotates the plane so that the G-loading travels down his/her body. The suit pinches the lower extremities and stops pooling.

In the X1-2010 the loads are LATERAL and not VERTICAL. No suit would be able to stop the blood pressure across the brain, across the chest and across the pelvis.

Additionally a G-suit that 'stiffened' and pinched the arms might be a very dangerous thing...

EDIT: @RichS... G-s don't harm the body? In the right time and at the right place they do!

 

[dc16a2]

Hmmm, if they could make the cockpit tub roll like a bike so that the G forces on the driver were more vertical than lateral... perhaps.

 

[SJames052]

G-suits prevent the pilot from blacking/redding out, not simply from the physical effect of high g's. Imo, long before the physical limit (point at which forces rip the body apart) is reached, the problem becomes ... the crash. Even a g-suit is meaningless then. ... an ejection device would at least, maybe ... nope, it wouldn't help.

 

[XtReMe98]

One other issue is the reliability of the fan/sucker system.. The 2J almost had it's own disaster when the fan system failed mid-turn.. luckily the driver was able to correct it.. Imagine that exact scenario at twice the speed...

 

[SJames052]

Imagine that exact scenario at twice the speed...

A greasy spot and a puff of smoke ... might remain.

 

[SALEEN_S7-GTR]

Well if you crashed, it wouldn't matter how many G's your experiencing. If you crashed at 310 MPH, the top speed of my X1, you would be disintegrated instantly. And not even a G-suit would help the driver from not blacking out.

 

[Rich S]

A track with big run-offs would solve the crashing problem. To kill somebody, you'd need around 16 Gs of sustained cornering for over a minute non stop. On and off cornering at 8-9Gs for a couple of minutes is do-able with a fit person who trains for it. Lateral Gs are easier since their perpendicular to the spine. Arnold would likely be in bigger trouble since he's heavier and your lateral weight would be based on a multiple of your own weight. Could he even fit into the car? Dont know how tall he is.

John Stapp, a former Air force guinny pig, was able to survive 47 Gs over 1.5 seconds during rocket sled braking from about 650 mph. Lived to age 89. The sled stopped from 650 in 1.5 secs.