Mercedes steering wheel
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:52 am
And I thought the few buttons on my sim steering wheel was complicated ....
The cost thing must be down to the fact they are not mass produced. Even if one company made them all for all teams about one hundred of a run might cover the amount needed for a season. Then each team wants them a bit different to suit their drivers and I'd imagine the software needed to operate them would not come cheap.Guia wrote:How did they manage to take such a good picture at 308kph?
I'll never understand why these things cost so much. Some carbon fibre and some circuitry. Alright, so it has to be made waterproof and carbon fibre doesn't come cheap, but $20,000 plus? Really?
Perhaps the cost also reflects the man-hours required to build the thing. In which case they either need to find a way to simplify production, or stop having them hand finished by Peter Sauber himself.
Alienturnedhuman wrote:If that's a Mercedes steering wheel, why does it say sauberf1team.com on it?
It's a similar deal to the camera on the Mars rover versus the camera on the iPhone.Guia wrote:I'll never understand why these things cost so much. Some carbon fibre and some circuitry. Alright, so it has to be made waterproof and carbon fibre doesn't come cheap, but $20,000 plus? Really?
Can you provide a link proving Hamilton uses a display different that Rosberg?Chunky wrote:The two Merc drivers have different wheels. Nico has the big display, newly permitted version with lots of info. Lewis still has last year's "minimalist" design.
There's a short article on the Formula1.com site about the old versus new.
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I'm sure they don't use cheap components, but that's a bit of an overstatment. It's mostly an economy of scale. They're all hand built to a greater extent than mass-produced electronics.Alienturnedhuman wrote: It's a similar deal to the camera on the Mars rover versus the camera on the iPhone.
The limited run is a major factor in the price and remember, the price is not really the cost of the materials. They base it on the work involved in building it which is not done in a day. The many electronic devices cars run are often housed in the wheel. This means that during a race, if there is an electrical issue, often changing the steering wheel can cure this if the fault lies within. If these devices were in the car elsewhere, a fault could not be rectified without taking the car to bits.healey wrote:I'm sure they don't use cheap components, but that's a bit of an overstatment. It's mostly an economy of scale. They're all hand built to a greater extent than mass-produced electronics.Alienturnedhuman wrote: It's a similar deal to the camera on the Mars rover versus the camera on the iPhone.
A remarkable illustration of how things have changed. Kind of boggles the mind. What will they be like in 5 years!?Asphalt_World wrote:Still wished they looked like this and the drivers had to remove their hands from the wheel to change gear. I also believe brake balance should not be adjustable during a race. If a driver messes up the balance of the braking because they've gone too hard on the front tyres or spun up the rears too much, they should have to drive around it, not use electronics to balance everything up again. Likewise, they often alter it every lap for different corners. They should have to compromise the settings for the entire lap. This would help separate the men from the boys.
like this maybe?jimmyj wrote:A remarkable illustration of how things have changed. Kind of boggles the mind. What will they be like in 5 years!?Asphalt_World wrote:Still wished they looked like this and the drivers had to remove their hands from the wheel to change gear. I also believe brake balance should not be adjustable during a race. If a driver messes up the balance of the braking because they've gone too hard on the front tyres or spun up the rears too much, they should have to drive around it, not use electronics to balance everything up again. Likewise, they often alter it every lap for different corners. They should have to compromise the settings for the entire lap. This would help separate the men from the boys.
Wow that's just creepy. Foreseeable but creepy just the same.moby wrote:like this maybe?jimmyj wrote:A remarkable illustration of how things have changed. Kind of boggles the mind. What will they be like in 5 years!?Asphalt_World wrote:Still wished they looked like this and the drivers had to remove their hands from the wheel to change gear. I also believe brake balance should not be adjustable during a race. If a driver messes up the balance of the braking because they've gone too hard on the front tyres or spun up the rears too much, they should have to drive around it, not use electronics to balance everything up again. Likewise, they often alter it every lap for different corners. They should have to compromise the settings for the entire lap. This would help separate the men from the boys.
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/mind-pilots ... hts-alone/
I agree. They are all at it so what's the point? What does it add to the sport?Asphalt_World wrote:Still wished they looked like this and the drivers had to remove their hands from the wheel to change gear. I also believe brake balance should not be adjustable during a race. If a driver messes up the balance of the braking because they've gone too hard on the front tyres or spun up the rears too much, they should have to drive around it, not use electronics to balance everything up again. Likewise, they often alter it every lap for different corners. They should have to compromise the settings for the entire lap. This would help separate the men from the boys.