

| Subject: | Friday Humor: Formula 1 Music |
| From: | DaBomb |
| Date: | Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:46:34 -0800 |
Check this out: Formula 1 team programs engine to play music.
Load the following link and press play:
http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3
First you'll hear a 10-cylinder, 750 horsepower Asiatech F1
engine being warmed up. Then it performs a rousing version
of "When The Saints Come Marching In", to the delight of
assembled pit staff and journalists.
Here's how the magic was achieved (technical/musical details
via F1 Racing magazine):
> As we all know, a V10 engine produces five combustions per
> revolution at a frequency per second of 60/(5 x revs per
> minute), which equals 12/rpm. Therefore, to work out the
> revs you need to hit a particular musical note, you multiply
> the note's frequency by 12. To play a 440Hz 'A', for example,
> you need 5,280rpm. For 'C', use 3,139rpm, for 'F' 4,191rpm,
> and so on.
>
>
> Asiatech's French technicians (the engine, despite its name,
> is derived from a Peugeot design) simply programmed their
> engine to run through the various rev/note ranges in the
> correct sequence. The result is delightful. And think of the
> possibilities - BMW's F1 engine, which howls all the way to
> 19,050rpm, could rip through the entire Hendrix songbook.
>
> Even better: imagine a massed NASCAR choir performing "The
> Star Spangled Banner"! Being eight-cylinder engines, the
> frequency per second would be 60/(4 x revs), which means
> you'd multiply the note frequencies by 15 instead of 12: 'A'
> would arrive at 6,600rpm, 'C' at 3,923rpm, 'F' at 5,238rpm,
> etc.
>
> Mark my words, someone will be getting rich at Daytona next
> year selling a CD of NASCAR patriotic anthems.
>
Love and Rockets,
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