This is an interesting topic and I agree with what littleboy said. I think this discussion can be analysed from various angles..... 
1. Engine difference - In 1:1, the difference between a F1 engine and a touring car engine is huge, no matter the touring car is WTCC or DTM, there's no way to compare it with the engine designed for the pinnacle of motorsport - Formula One! Think about this, nowadays, a F1 engine could only need to last for around 1500km, then it can go to rubbish bin! During 80s era when turbo engine was allowed, a 1500cc Honda turbo charged F1 engine can produce 1400bhp during qualifying trim!! But the engine could last for less than 20 laps which its life was purely designed for that qualifying session!! 1:1 touring car will not burn money like this, so 1:1 F1's engine is surely better and faster than touring car. But in RC, we'll only put on the same motor (say TeamPower 4000kv) to a F1 or touring car, so power-wise, RC F1 has no advantage over RC touring car!
2. Tyre difference - Remember the rule of how to setup a car in motor racing... the first priority should be the tyre, if you get your tyres right, your car setup is 90% there! In 1:1, F1 tyre produce vast amount of grip, more than what touring car's tyre can produce! In RC, form and rubber tyres can be used in both RC F1 and touring car, so RC F1 will not have an upper hand in this aspect! As you all know, Sorex tyres that we used in RC touring car is so good that RC F1 rubber tyre has no way to compare with it!
3. Aerodynamics - 1:1 F1 is specially designed for pure racing, 1:1 touring car has some sort of limitation that it mostly bases on a road-going version although you can add more wings, spoiler to it. However F1 is basically an aeroplane upside down!! Tonnes of downforce is generated purely by that super sophisticated rear wing! Air strategically flows through the car body to produce various downforce by different spoilers, winglets, diffuser, badge board etc. Touring car is also sophisticated in aerodynamics, but still miles behind a F1 car! In RC, we must not forget the rule - air doesn't scale! In 1:1 F1, wings shape is the same as aeroplane but upside down, downforce is generated when air flows faster in the lower part of the wing (due to curved surface) and becomes a low pressure area, upper part of the wing has higher pressure which produces downforce. Since air doesn't scale, this theory has no (or just little) effect on RC because wings are scaled to 1:10, but air doesn't! So we'll only see RC car's rear wing is 90 degree and just force the air goes upward to produce downforce. This is effective to generate downforce as you should feel it when using racing bodies such as Protoform shells' rear wing. But RC F1 has to maintain its outlook to looks like real F1 car, the wing cannot use those 90 degree wing, those real-looking wing cannot produce downforce for RC F1 car!
4. Weight difference - 1:1 F1 is much lighter than 1:1 touring car (due to race rule), everybody knows that lighter race car is always better, at least from power to weight ratio perspective. How about RC? I haven't played RC F1, so I don't know how light it is, but comparing to RC touring car, it could be just a bit lighter, but the weight advantage will not be as huge as in 1:1 F1.
5. Chassis difference - 1:1 F1's chassis is purely designed for racing, designer can forget about practicality, it can be JUST for racing. But 1:1 touring car is mostly based on road-going version, which has lots of limitation there! Also, the centre of gravity in 1:1 F1 is much lower than touring car, which enables the car has better handling around corners. In RC car, since all eyes are on touring car (or buggy) in the market, the RC touring car chassis is more well developed than RC F1, and RC F1 has to maintain it's "real looking" feel to 1:1 F1, so a lot of limitation hinders its performance design!
6. Economic theory - "Value for money", I can't say it is 100% true, but at least 95% true! How much money invested into developing a 1:1 F1 car? How much does it cost? It's a billions dollar thing... surely much more expensive than running a 1:1 touring car team! So, it's reasonable that F1 goes quicker and have a better lap time! How about RC, it could be the other way around.... consider a high end touring car chassis like 416X, T3, it's well over $3,000, how about a high end RC F1 chassis? I don't know how much it is, but surely cheaper than this. Pay more money to have a better thing, reasonable and expected!
My 2 cents.  |
樓主: gtimax
樓主
