McLaren’s 'Fiddle Brake' pedal let its drivers brake a single rear wheel to rotate the car into corners. Now it's used ...
In the closing laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix, both Mercedes W06s suffered near-simultaneous brake-by-wire failures, the cause of which was mainly attributed to set-up changes to the cars of Lewis ...
When I was watching the Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, I noticed that the F1 cars lock up their front tyres on hard braking. Why does this happen? Formula One cars do ...
The optimal size for a clutch or brake is determined by three things: Required torque, thermal horsepower per engagement, and average required thermal horsepower. Here, we'll discuss the first, ...
• Clutches typically transfer torque via in-line or parallel shafts. • Most single revolution clutches can stop only about 10% of their load capacity. • The torque capacity of a wrap-spring clutch or ...