Nissan Deltawing - Harris

Post by **TimDogg** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:52 pm

Anyone else seen this - extraordinary, Nissan become pathfinders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_INdbXM ... re=g-all-u

Post by **rich_5259** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:50 pm

didn't it run at LeMans this year?

Post by **Dom81** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:42 am

rich_5259 wrote:didn't it run at LeMans this year?

Yes - got sideswiped quite early on, but it was running well

I've never heard of the Road Atlanta track, but it looks fantastic!

Post by **adsgreen** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:17 am

One of my favourites on Forza

Post by **pDkALO** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:26 am

adsgreen wrote:One of my favourites on Forza

haha! - I was going to say the exact same thing!!

Deltawing v cool though - brilliant how the regs were bent so a new LM class was created just to allow it to run, so all it had to do was finish to have won it's class on its debut.... until as Dom81 says, it got taken out

Post by **brn7y** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:49 pm

TimDogg wrote:Nissan become pathfinders.

They make them also!

Post by **adsgreen** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:47 pm

DALO wrote:
adsgreen wrote:One of my favourites on Forza
haha! - I was going to say the exact same thing!!

Deltawing v cool though - brilliant how the regs were bent so a new LM class was created just to allow it to run, so all it had to do was finish to have won it's class on its debut.... until as Dom81 says, it got taken out

More the other way round. They didn't want it upsetting the establishment as people really didn't know what it could do.
My money would be that with the same engine/weight regs it could cause some serious upsets.

Post by **pDkALO** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:09 pm

Think you could be right - I've just sat down to watch the clip properly, and it's fascinating stuff - groundbreaking technology, yet fundamentally so simple... 2 pram wheels up front and pulling 4g - brilliant.

Not sure it's got much to do with our 4's, but a great spot nonetheless!

Post by **HYFR** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:05 am

It's amazing
I went to the pistonheads Sundays service at Nissan HQ and the designer man in this film did a big speech and questions and answers
And they had the driver there for Le Mans

Post by **adsgreen** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:40 am

Have to say it looks fantastic. Looking at the physics it shouldn't work but when you get into the details it's proper groundbreaking stuff.
I mean, fecking mountain bike suspension!

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