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Old 09-03-2007, 06:27 PM   #4
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Re: Sorry but slightly off the point !

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Originally Posted by carlover4
I went to the factory in Woking and i could just imagine my self working there or on the racing team, for example pit crew. My father did aeronautical engineering and he then became a pilot but i have found i share more enthusiasm for racing and cars, bikes etc. I looked at the course available at a local university and they have partnerships with car and racing manufactures. Anyway thanks for replying i'll guess i'll post sometime in the future some more questions!

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Well, some of the principles of aeronautics do apply for cars... For example the same concept used to provide lift to an aircraft is used to provide the downforce to a car... So its not like an aeronautical degree will get you nowhere, just more on the design aspect of cars.
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