So you think your game controller is pretty slick? Wired got an "An Inside Look at the Insanely Complex Formula 1 Steering Wheel" of a Sauber C33 Formula 1 car. Besides the comparatively mundane task of turning the wheels, there are well over twenty other knobs and controls on the steering wheel. These permit modification of braking balance, ignition timing, as well as control the flaps and well, almost anything. Since there is no dashboard or center console in an F1 car, everything is presented on the steering wheel itself. There is also a 480x272 PCU-8D LCD display on the wheel which can access over 100 pages of information on the vehicle's operation.
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Taking Control - A Look at an F1 Steering Wheel
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by SlimmPickens on Thursday May 08 2014, @07:33AM
If you find this interesting, I recommend watching one of the many youtubes about F1 steering wheels instead.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday May 08 2014, @10:12AM
(ducks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by TwentyCharsIsNotEnou on Thursday May 08 2014, @12:14PM
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday May 08 2014, @01:45PM
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by Bytram on Thursday May 08 2014, @02:08PM
SlimmPickens wrote:
I'm sure I would! I have a slow internet connection with a tight bandwidth cap. TFA links to this youtube video [youtube.com]. It took me about 5 minutes to download that video at only 360p resolution. How does this video compare to the videos you've seen? I'd appreciate your providing links if you know of better ones.
(Score: 2, Informative) by soylentsandor on Thursday May 08 2014, @03:01PM
I don't know about videos, but the pdf (4.5MB) [sauberf1team.com] linked to in the article is a lot more informative than the video from the same article.
(Score: 3, Funny) by dotdotdot on Thursday May 08 2014, @01:29PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 08 2014, @02:58PM
"Horn broken, watch for finger!"
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 08 2014, @03:37PM
They still can't spell "tire" correctly...
My question is: how long do you need to practice to operate this thing at 300km/h with gloves?
(Score: 1) by scruffybeard on Thursday May 08 2014, @06:59PM
I had a similar thought, especially since this is a new wheel this year. From the article some of these setting are adjusted several times per lap. I would be interested in learning about the various design decisions that were made when considering the placement and color selection of the controls. For example, I am guessing that yellow neutral button is something not used frequently, and would be bad to press at the wrong time during a race. Is that why it is high and brightly colored? Fun article.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 08 2014, @07:40PM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104299/ [imdb.com]
Enjoy! :D