Hot Sleds: BMW Seeks To Improve Chances Of U.S. Olympic Team - Rough Sledding Ahead
November 14th, 2012 10:36 AM
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By way of one of its usual trademark flowery press releases, BMW says it is developing a new two-man bobsled for use by Team USA in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
According to the release, “BMW aims to leverage its world-class engineering and design expertise to answer longstanding equipment and innovation needs of the U.S. Bobsled Team.” The team’s needs definitely demand world-class engineering: The last time the two-man bobsled team was 1953 (silver). In Vancouver 2010, Germany won gold and silver, Russia went home with bronze.
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So... isn't BMW going to catch grief at home if the US beats Germany in the next olympics?
So this means USA Bobsled is giving up on Bo-Dyn sleds? http://www.bodynbobsled.com/news.php?news_id=133 BMW vs NASCAR, this could be fun to watch.
I'm not up on my bobsled tech, but isn't it basically a combination of gravity and friction? Maybe toss in a little aerodynamics, but --really-- what can BMW do to improve the sled?