Silence in the class....... Today's Topic -- KERS Kinetic Energy Recovery SystemsKERS Explained..Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems : (KERS) are automotive systems whereby the kinetic energy of a moving vehicle is recovered under braking and stored in a reservoir (either a flywheel or a battery) for later use under acceleration.
KERS was used for the motor sport Formula One's 2009 season. The Formula One teams that used Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems in the 2009 season are Ferrari, Renault, BMW, and McLaren. One of the main reasons that not all cars use KERS is because it adds an extra 25 kilograms of weight. While not adding to the total car weight, it does incur a penalty particularly seen in the qualifying rounds, as it raises the car's center of gravity, and reduces the amount of ballast that is available to balance the car so that it is more predictable when turning. FIA rules also limit the exploitation of the system. Eventually, during the season, Renault and BMW stopped using the system. Williams is developing a flywheel-KERS system.
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes became the first team to win a F1 GP using a KERS equipped car when Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 26, 2009. Their second KERS equipped car finished fifth. At the following race Lewis Hamilton became the first driver to take pole position with a KERS car, his team mate, Heikki Kovalainen qualifying second. This was also the first instance of an all KERS front row. On August 30, 2009, Kimi Räikkönen won the Belgian Grand Prix with his KERS equipped Ferrari. It was the first time that KERS contributed directly to a race victory, with second placed Giancarlo Fisichella claiming "Actually, I was quicker than Kimi. He only overtook me because of KERS at the beginning".
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Kers at 100%=========================================================
Kers at 70%=========================================================
Kers at 45%=========================================================
Kers at 20%=========================================================
Kers at 0%=========================================================
The result... Not too bad... Need a lot of work on how to were KERS out
progressivily throughout the lap...
Noticed KERS gets used up quickly on LAP1.. LAP 2 onwards.. its more progressive usage...
100 Marks
(err... thanks) to : TDL, Josekast, Samuele (32bobo32), eosduffy..
Test Subjects : 2011 and 2009 HUDS..
Report Card: Test Successful... Remarks: Can do better..
DRS and KERS ..
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/2011 09:49PM by hasbriale.