Pitwall - Online F1 Manager - Season 40 Week 9

Sydney

391 races

16 championships

71 wins

133 podiums

Current team

Why is there such a big difference between the weight of each part produced from the same blueprint?
The chassis is the worst offender in this case, as in 15kg heavier than what is stated on the blueprint.
The other parts can show between 1 & 2kg at times, (depending).
I don't mind 1/2 kg here & there, but producing a gearbox at 45kg & the next one is 47kg from the same design is totally sackable in F1. lol.
Now that i have just upgraded my chassis & all 4 that were produced from the design are quite heavier than what is stated in the design.
2 of them are 14kg heavier than the blueprint weight, 1 is 15kg heavier & the 4th one is almost 20kg.
What is going on?

May 28, 2015 12:10 pm

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James Ford

London

134 races

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19 wins

55 podiums

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Your head mechanic has been getting stoned on the job...

May 28, 2015 12:15 pm

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Tom Bagley

132 races

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24 wins

60 podiums

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I have to agree, while slight variations in weight are acceptable some of those i have seen so far have been pretty insane. Maybe the variation needs to be adjusted a little as without adding ballast i cant see how any chassis can be much more than a couple of kg heavier than the design...

That said i dont work in F1 or racing so may be missing something completely... lol!

May 28, 2015 12:55 pm

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Tim Watts

Parkes

156 races

4 championships

14 wins

32 podiums

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I agree. There should be some allowance for how go your mech is who is making the parts. But really they should be fairly close

May 28, 2015 01:06 pm

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Matthew Dellit

159 races

2 championships

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42 podiums

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DrakenSport Racing

My current theory about the weights is that it is a percentage that the weight can vary. When you are working on a 12kg suspension for instance a few % won't make much of a noticeable difference. The chassis however is over 400kgs so even if it is say a 2% variance then you are looking at 8kgs+

May 28, 2015 04:44 pm

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James Ford

London

134 races

6 championships

19 wins

55 podiums

Current team

Does the difference that weight makes vary depending on the part? Will a 10kg heavier chassis have the same impact as a 10kg heavier suspension?

May 28, 2015 05:19 pm

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Robert Bouchard

Shinshiro, Aichi, Japan

419 races

5 championships

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Yamakawa F1 Team

Yes, 10 kgs is 10kgs no matter where it is placed on the car. Based on someone else theory and I have tested this a bit a 10 kgs car is at least .500 slower.

I think you can simple test this by fuel weight added to a car to control the data that you get back, but I believe it was .500 seconds

May 28, 2015 05:44 pm

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Daniel Stevens

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408 races

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94 podiums

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I've noticed as you improve the parts the weight improves and the variation in weight is less too. - so sorta like refining the error margin i suppose, not really realistic but i can live with it

May 28, 2015 11:14 pm

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