Smoother than a Roller, better than a race car
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Colin Chapman is regarded as an automotive visionary in racing circles: His two
noteworthy achievements in the
technological
stratosphere known as Formula One racing, were the development of “Ground
effects” and “Active suspension.”
Both of which were
subsequently banned from F1, but adopted and developed for road cars.
Even the early road going iterations of the Chapman penned active suspension
showed significant gains over their
semi-active
counterparts.
However the early Lotus system, which used hydraulic rams to move the wheels,
cost thousands of dollars, added
150 Kilograms, and
required about four Kilowatt to drive the system's 140 Bar hydraulic pump.
Furthermore, the system couldn't
respond quickly enough
to smooth out the small sharp bumps that plague most roads.
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