F1 V10 plays music
Gavin Cato
"According to Tim Blair in Oz, the Asiatech folks have programmed
their F-1 engine to play music. I quote:
Load the link and press play.
http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3
First you'll hear a 10-cylinder, 750 horsepower Asiatech F1 engine being
warmed up. Then it performs a rousing version of "When The Saints Come
Marching In", to the delight of assembled pit staff and journalists.
Here's how the magic was achieved (technical/musical details via F1 Racing
magazine): As we all know, a V10 engine produces five combustions per
revolution at a frequency per second of 60/(5 x revs per minute), which
equals 12/rpm. Therefore, to work out the revs you need to hit a particular
musical note, you multiply the note's frequency by 12. To play a 440Hz 'A',
for example, you need 5,280rpm. For 'C', use 3,139rpm, for 'F' 4,191rpm, and
so on.
Asiatech's French technicians (the engine, despite its name, is derived from
a Peugeot design) simply programmed their engine to run through the various
rev/note ranges in the correct sequence. The result is delightful. And think
of the possibilities - BMW's F1 engine, which howls all the way to
19,050rpm, could rip through the entire Hendrix songbook.
Even better: imagine a massed NASCAR choir performing "The Star Spangled
Banner"! Being eight-cylinder engines, the frequency per second would be
60/(4 x revs), which means you'd multiply the note frequencies by 15 instead
of 12: 'A' would arrive at 6,600rpm, 'C' at 3,923rpm, 'F' at 5,238rpm, etc.
Mark my words, someone will be getting rich at Daytona next year selling a
CD of NASCAR patriotic anthems. Send some of the royalties my way.
That's straight off my e-mail list. It's pretty cool-sounding, really, and
it says a LOT about exactly how much control the pit guys really have over
the cars and engines these days. Give it a listen. I don't know if they take
requests, but Jordan/Honda and BAR/Honda could probably do "Purple Haze" in
honor of their ever-grenading motors!
PS: I like the idea of a NASCAR sing-along, but if "A" arrives at 6600rpm on
a V8, I don't think they'll be hitting the high notes. I guess "Free Bird"
will be out of their repertoire..."
Lucifer-V8
>
> "According to Tim Blair in Oz, the Asiatech folks have programmed
> their F-1 engine to play music. I quote:
>
> Load the link and press play.
>
> http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3
Hahaha cool!
Wonder if they can get it to play some Metallica and some AC/DC too.
I can hear in my mind an F1 V10 playing thunderstruck. :-P
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Dan. 93 S2 VP 3.8 A4, 00 S1 VX Gen 3 M6.
I don't need anyone's approval for my life don't like it? Then just fuck
off! :-)
2L
> Wonder if they can get it to play some Metallica and some AC/DC too.
> I can hear in my mind an F1 V10 playing thunderstruck. :-P
You work in holdens markettting department don't you?
Lucifer-V8
Nope but if I did I would do a better job than what they do.
mg
>
> Nope but if I did I would do a better job than what they do.
lol... you tell em Dan!
The Red Krawler
> their F-1 engine to play music.
I reckon rotars would play rap, nissan RB series would be R&B, etc
Stan Marsh
=)
Pete