My Son asked me if an F1 car could drive up a vertical wall?
I suspect that it probably could... we are told that over about 100mph it produces enough downforce to drive upside down in a tunnel, so it should "hold" itself to the wall ok.
There would have to be space for it to get up to speed on a flattish bit to create the downforce while going through a very gentle transition to the vertical.. then have enough thrust to overcome gravity.. but as the g meteres they sometimes show on tv have significantly more than 1G of acceleration they should?
Or am I missing something?
Yes I know that there is a problem at the top of the road or when you reach top speed but the question is theoretical & I am not too worried about that (although I suspect the driver should be).
), aerodynamics isn't my field so I'd be making the same ballpark figure guesses that anyone else would. Looking at the fact that it's well known that they could drive upside down at ~70mph and they have more than enough power to lift their weight vertically at that speed, including drag, I'd say yup, almost undoubtedly.
