Nissan DeltaWing

Have you seen this before?



I stumbled across it this morning on the TG site.

http://www.topgear.com/au/car-news/niss ... 2012-03-13

this has nothing to do with the car but why do you have a picture of surströmming on your profile????

Yea this car will run the 24h of le Mans Im looking forward to see the result

it was originally a sort of design concept from IndyCar (as a demonstration of a rules package that would have brought IndyCar partway back to the days where teams and manufacturers could design their own car) but it was rejected because people got hung up on its looks (including me)
The designers didn't want all their work to come to nothing, so they put in an application for garage 56 at Le Mans, which means they would be allowed to compete with few regulations but would not be classified, and thus they will be ineligible for the win.

this has nothing to do with the car but why do you have a picture of surströmming on your profile????

I think I saw Surströmming on a TV show a year or so ago (it would have been around the same time I joined this forum), and thought that is awesome. A canned food that continues to ferment and smell so bad, but people still want to eat it and buy it! I think I also remember the cans can go out of shape if they're left too long! How excellent is that?!

Plus the design on the can is so cool too. I actually wanted to have t-shirt made with the logo on it. I like different things and Surströmming is certainly different! (BTW, I don't actually eat fish. I can't eat fish, more to the point )

This Nissan DeltaWing is also different. I wouldn't say it is the prettiest car in the world, but it does capture some attention with its different design. I think it is good they're willing to try something different!

I guess Batman doesn't need this car anymore.

I'm really curious how well that design works out. It seems likes it would be more tailored for straight line speed with the front wheels so close together.

I'm really curious how well that design works out. It seems likes it would be more tailored for straight line speed with the front wheels so close together.

That's what I thought at first, but it works on 3 levels:
1:the wheels are a long way out in front and thus have good leverage
2:the weight is mostly in the back, which is something race car builders strive for
3: the braking is mostly done from the rear wheels, drastically improving braking stability

Watch Nissan's crazy DeltaWing racer test at Sebring

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/19/watch-nissans-crazy-deltawing-racer-test-at-sebring/

Hmm, you'd probably fall asleep driving an LMP1/2 that slowly round Sebring (I loathe Sebring anyway), so we still know nothing about how well it actually works