09-25-2004, 04:11 PM
Let's assume it's plexan, or some other advanced polycarbonate window.
How much downforce is that wing going to produce? I can sit on my *glass* windshield with no ill effects. I wouldn't do it every day naturally, but my windsheild, for all it's surface area, still holds my 200+ pounds of weight.
So, how much more weight could an advanced polycarbonate with metal bands withstand? If my glass windsheild will support 200 pounds, could this focus' rear window support the same 200 pounds...well, 200 pounds is alot of damned downforce. It's also possible that those metal bands are attatched to the hatch, which, considering the angle of those bands and the wing's placement on them, it seems that the stress on the "glass" would be secondary.
How much downforce is that wing going to produce? I can sit on my *glass* windshield with no ill effects. I wouldn't do it every day naturally, but my windsheild, for all it's surface area, still holds my 200+ pounds of weight.
So, how much more weight could an advanced polycarbonate with metal bands withstand? If my glass windsheild will support 200 pounds, could this focus' rear window support the same 200 pounds...well, 200 pounds is alot of damned downforce. It's also possible that those metal bands are attatched to the hatch, which, considering the angle of those bands and the wing's placement on them, it seems that the stress on the "glass" would be secondary.
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