Roll-Hoops

[clan]

I think Simons structural roll-hoops have moved up my to do list.

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=c8NtX5e5j4k

[Nobby]

Scary stuff! makes you think about what could happen if you lose it...

[tweetdriver63]

That's been posted here before, recently. Most of the comments about it were about the test itself. They didn't just roll it over, they launched it airborne first, off a Hollywood ramp, specifically designed to produce an extremely dramatic monster crash effect. That made the car actually land directly on the windscreen support, full-on, not rolling over. It's scary, but not a realistic test, since most rollovers are just that, rollovers, not launchings.

I noticed in the first tests, the official ones, that the car with the extending roll-hoops doesn't seem to ever use them. There may be more to that video than they showed us, but if you watch, during the test, those extended hoops don't actually touch the ground when it rolls over. Interesting, none the less.

[clan]

That's been posted here before, recently. Most of the comments about it were about the test itself. They didn't just roll it over, they launched it airborne first, off a Hollywood ramp, specifically designed to produce an extremely dramatic monster crash effect. That made the car actually land directly on the windscreen support, full-on, not rolling over. It's scary, but not a realistic test, since most rollovers are just that, rollovers, not launchings.

I noticed in the first tests, the official ones, that the car with the extending roll-hoops doesn't seem to ever use them. There may be more to that video than they showed us, but if you watch, during the test, those extended hoops don't actually touch the ground when it rolls over. Interesting, none the less.

I agree with what you say that it is a bit of an unrealistic test but I did remember seeing this photo before that scared me as well.

[GeoffSmith]

... and Maggie's.