Re:Formula 1: The super-fast net driving teams to the podium
by CWuestefeld on Thursday August 14, 2014 @02:03PM
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beamed down in realtime to a group of (real) engineers on the ground
I assume this is in reference to use of the term "race engineer" in F1.
I can assure you that the sport does use real engineers, and very intensely so. Folks like Adrian Newey would qualify as engineers by anyone's definition, and each team has heaps of MechE's, EEs, software engineers, even materials engineers, back at home base.
Re:Formula 1: The super-fast net driving teams to the podium
by oesmith on Thursday August 14, 2014 @04:51PM
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.. not to mention that there's a lot of overlap between aerospace and F1 engineering. Plenty of the engineers (even the trackside ones) started out studying aero engineering.
I assume this is in reference to use of the term "race engineer" in F1.
I can assure you that the sport does use real engineers, and very intensely so. Folks like Adrian Newey would qualify as engineers by anyone's definition, and each team has heaps of MechE's, EEs, software engineers, even materials engineers, back at home base.