Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/21

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Subject: [Leica] An R series question R8 - jensen
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Mon Jun 21 13:19:28 2004
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yup

On 21 Jun, 2004, at 18:39, Douglas M. Sharp wrote:

> We ?, Frank,
>
> I thought the name rang a bell - Williams - aerodynamics - Lotus - 
> Ligier ..............?
>
> Douglas
>
> Frank Dernie schrieb:
>
>> We built a 4WD F1 car in 1981/2. It used 6 wheels in total, two at 
>> the front and four driven wheels as close together as possible at the 
>> rear. It had several advantages such as rear wing position, frontal 
>> area and the possibility of running full length "skirts" (it was 
>> ground effect era). It was the speed of this prototype which caused 
>> the change in the rules banning 4WD.
>> I do not think it would have been possible to get it down to the 
>> weight limit though.
>> Frank
>>
>>
>
>
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