On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:35 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote:
> I can't even begin to imagine what that feels like. > > A top-of-the-line touring car with airdams, etc., can manage > a little over 1G in the turns and under braking. An F1 car > at speed approaches 5G under those conditions, and can pull > multiple Gs under straightline acceleration! > > The only way mere mortals can experience anything that might > give some idea of what that feels like is on a roller coaster > (some of which briefly pull over 4Gs) or if you can score a > ride in the two-seater (originally a Minard1 F1 car, but now > appearing disguised as an IndyCar). There's a track in Zhuhai (across the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong, next to Macau) that runs lots of F3 and motorcycle races, plus various other things. They have what is basically a two-seater F3 car that you can go for a blast in for a fee. http://www.zic.com.cn/en/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
