Here is the culprit.

[GransportFan1]

http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22425

 

[Parisien]

Wrong type of snow.........etc.....are these Ferraris being built in England......?????????!!!!!

Hope this makes the headlines in the SUN!!!!


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[mowlas]

http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22425

Nice one Adam. Good to know. I had half started to imagine foul play from competitors such as Mclaren with their rival MP4-12C!

 

[GransportFan1]

what i dont get is how do they know it is the glue, surely that is all melted and f*cked to know that the glue caused the problem

 

[Parisien]

They did a simulation.............Adam.......a proper one........


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[GransportFan1]

i will take your word for it Frank.

 

[nfm]

"thermal incident".....lovely expression....!!

 

[safrane]

"thermal incident".....lovely expression....!!

Yep...BP had a 'Lubrication issue' a few months back too!!!

 

[reservoirfrog]

Wrong type of snow.........etc.....are these Ferraris being built in England......?????????!!!!!
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Frank, I wouldn't be a bit suprised if they had been made in England, this is after all the country that made warships out of magnesium and wondered why the burnt to the water line when hit by execet missiles.

 

[lozcb]

bloody amazing , hard to understand why it wasn't picked up in earlier testing , Lotus and ,even Astons are glued together nowdays


shameful



regards loz

 

[Parisien]

Frank, I wouldn't be a bit suprised if they had been made in England, this is after all the country that made warships out of magnesium and wondered why the burnt to the water line when hit by execet missiles.

Aluminium ........was the culprit.....Rob........................aluminium................everything will burn at a high enough temperature!!!

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[reservoirfrog]

Nah, magnesium alloy. everything will burn at a high enough temp, agree. but some materials make it easier to burn. ally will melt at lower temps before it combusts, thats why it is used in castings.
magnesium likes to burn.

 

[Parisien]

But aint it more aluminium than magnesium......like....90+%....?

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[reservoirfrog]

Twas the magnesium element that made it burn, would have been too soft and bendy on its own, ships have to be made of material that wont have stress fractures.

 

[Parisien]

Ok, clearer now....!


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