In answer to your question --- YES the car will become unstable very
quickly. I usually see cars spin immediately if the rear wing comes off at
speed but the loss of the front wing is only slightly less devastating. The
car was designed and balanced to have downforce on both the front and rear
wheels. If you remove one or the other then you "airplane" and try to take
off with no front wing. Steering becomes very light as depending on the
speed the wheels might not be touching the ground at all times. Very much
like overloading a truck bed or having weight too far back on the
trailer...steering becomes very light. I would not suggest running w/o the
front wing OR take off the rear too and have a FF instead of a FC. BTW what
is this about FC? did you abandon the F500s?
Captain Eddie
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Subject: Re: [F500] steering
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:20:48 -0400
I just got a new car and had a steering question. The car is a 84
reynard formula continental was running with out the front wing and hit
second the tires spun and the car became very unstable. In a car with a
wing does the front wing have to be on to drive it at speed? ( under 100)
Are the reynard's extremely light steering? ( very min turning of the
steering wheel the car responded way too quick) If this should be like this
could that be changed? What type of things make a car unstable?
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