Hey what does everyone think about the cage failure on his car? The crash didn't look like the car took a hard hit on the roof. Yes it rolled 8 times but they didnt seem too violent.
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I dont know much about the rally world but I have seen way more cage failures in rally than off road. The only bad failure I have seen in offroad was Caso's at the more 500
Can someone explain it to me? Are they built more for front or rear impacts than rolls?
The A-pillar looks like a Z now. You obviously can't build a car that will look perfect after a terrible crash like that, but if I were the builder I would be looking at the A-Pillar to make sure it behaved the way I intended.
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I dont know much about the rally world but I have seen way more cage failures in rally than off road. The only bad failure I have seen in offroad was Caso's at the more 500
Can someone explain it to me? Are they built more for front or rear impacts than rolls?
aren't the cages built out aluminum? i heard that some time ago.
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The A pillar on Loebs car is built as a "Z" to begin with. Also, with the low windshield lines the A pillar is at a very low angle. I do agree both that there looks to be failure in the cage but also that they walked away so the cage did it's job. Latvala's crash at Cypress? (where he rolled off the cliff for days) was just as violent and the roof bar was detached after that crash but once again they both walked away.
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yes, they walked away but I have no idea if the cage held up as intended. Lots of guys have been killed in race cars by A-pillar failures. Only the builder/designer knows if it worked as intended. I am not second guessing them by saying it failed, but don't know enough to say it didn't either.
I have to agree they worked good enough so everybody walked away. Not bashing, I'm just ill informed and curious.
Seriously? Loebs A pillar starts off as a Z? I have to ask why? It would seem to be super weak if it is.....
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i think that fim requires dom tubing. so i think its designed to be a little forgiving(bend instead of break) i saw both crashes on tv. and i'd be suprised to see anything hold up, and the head room in those cars is plentifull, some cars look to have a foot, especially on the navigator side.
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