Someone wants to drive an F1 style racing car upside down in a tunnel. For real.

[LDO]

We’ve all heard that F1 and some other cars generate more downforce than weight, so they should be able to drive upside down. Some guy chose a super lightweight hill climb car (it weighs 700 pounds) and wants to raise funds for a special tunnel that will let the car drive up to the roof. The light weight car was chosen for a lower speed. An F1 car weighs 1000 pounds more and would require a higher speed, and longer tunnel, to reach the target speed. It all sounds pretty cool, but I wonder if it will ever happen. I have to agree with one of the comments; it would be easier to do with an RC car. A real car doing this would be talked about forever.  No one wants to see a person fall 25 feet to a  horrific crash.  Maybe they could make the hill climb car remote controlled. 
 

https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-a-youtuber-plans-to-drive-an-f1-style-car-upside-down-for-real

[stitchdup]

they might be better to use time attack cars. much more down force than f1. some of the top class cars generate 5 tonnes of it

[espo]

Sounds good. This is what used to be called the cleansing of the gene pool. Hope he does post it on YouTube, should make for an interesting short video.  

[BlackSheep214]

Yup. Obviously this nutjob doesn’t know anything about gravity in school.

[Jon Haigwood]

Maybe something larger than an Apple fell on his head

 

[Brian Austin]

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[Brian Austin]

I recommend muting the audio...

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Opens up a whole new concept in traffic management...

 

                

PASSING LANE ONLY

Edited October 23, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[Brian Austin]

There's a fun scene in one of the Men In Black films where the title characters' car rides the ceiling of a tunnel in New York City to avoid traffic. (Filmed using 1/8 scale miniature set.  Several Monogram car kits are evident in the stalled traffic background plate.)