hoffmeister_fan
Kraftwagen König
the McMurty reminds me of the shrunken Batmobile from Batman Returns but with better agility/stability.
2022 Goodwood Festival Of Speed
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Thank you for so many detailed descriptions, of what it feels like to be there, your face says it all.Yeah man. Would be awesome to see you here. Most of the photos online only show a fraction of what there is to see and do.
Here is a photo of Duke of Richmond. Owner of Goodwood Estate and founder of FOS. He spoke at the unveiling of the M3 Touring, celebrating 50 years of M. He also spanked thr M3 Touring up the Hill.
What a car god. Hopefully the format of FOS won't be changed when he pass away.
What makes FOS different to many other car shows is that the cars aren't there to sit pretty or parade at 5mph. Almost all cars on display are driven hard up the hill.
You see the drivers wheel spinning in the wet not holding back behind the wheel of very rare and super expensive cars.
Hats off to owners who are happy to let racing drivers rag their €0.5-20m cars.
When the euphoria passes I have some questions to ask
Seeing that "thing" that broke the hill climb record, must have been like when Michelin put air in the tires and took 10km off the second bike with solid wheels.
That ship with its turbine ground effect came from the future, impressive on video I can't even imagine in person.
... looks like the guy on the left just climaxed.
martinbo
Staff member
Did you see its run(s)?
klier
Premium
I am every time surprised it doesn't flip over in a corner. It's so narrow!
Can't quite blame him. What a sight!
Only saw it's first run of the event in person. I saw them do a test of the fan in the Paddock area, man that was surprisingly loud - you could see the deflection in the suspension as the fan pulled it into the ground, not much, but it was visible. It does look like a clown car - and not unlike some of the soap box racers I've handled - in person, but it's got everything it needs for this purpose, and it's clearly effective.
This is a pretty big benefit at Goodwood, especially through the Flint wall section. The commentators also remarked on it allowing the car to cope with the crown of the road a little better.
martinbo
Staff member
Epic - lucky fish. I think you've seen something rather significant in terms of the performance envelope being pushed forward.
CrunchSlaughtered
RPM Ruler
I doubt that the battery has enough capacity to finish Pikes Peak at full power.Impressive time by the McMurtry. Pretty much a perfect design for this kind of Hill Climb. I'd be really interested to see how it would do at Pikes Peak compared to the ID.R.
The Supervan 4 was my favourite EV at Goodwood to be honest
Maybe, but being so narrow and being a fan-car play in it's favour, and it's only just faster than the ID.R. It may well prove that getting faster now isn't necessarily about torque or horsepower, more about ways of ensuring that power can be effectively transferred to the ground, and cornering speeds can increase inline with the speeds on the straights and off the line.
Interesting that a state of the art production car-like Porsche 718 GT4 ePerformance, is only just faster than a 43 year old F2 car with less than 400hp. Getting the supreme levels of performance available into a car that's something that could be bought or used on the road is clearly the next challenge, and I don't think it's one the McMurtry really answers.
I do wonder how much longer it will be before the FOS has to adapt to the safety concerns of cars more frequently obtaining such high speeds.
martinbo
Staff member
Agree with everything you say. I don't dispute that the McMurtry answers no question that anyone was asking beyond "how quickly can we get to the top of the hill at Goodwood".
That said, as a technology demonstrator, the McMurtry certainly does prove how electrification - within a very specific context or brief - can yield incredible results and that this points promisingly toward the art-of-the-possible; current constraints of electric automotive notwithstanding.
I was watching the live stream of FoS and was gobsmacked by that funny little thing's performance. It looked laughably unbelievable - like they'd sped the footage up! Just pure sci-fi. I also thought that it looked close to suicidal - the speed with which that thing approached trees and walls.
KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
I thought Sumer has some modicum of taste!!
TopspeedPT
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Joelpeyeye
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