Cimbrer II had a fatal crash last week! Our baby is destroyed! …Well partially.
We have now had some time to digest the crash and evaluate what went wrong.
This is how our driver Jacob Pedersen experienced the episode:
“Suddenly the steering broke completely apart and the wheels locked directly to the left sending both Cimbrer II and me into a frontal collision with a giant rock. My foot took a hit by a disconnected carbon bar ripping up my shoe, and the crash resulted in several broken 3D mounts thereby completely dislocating the front cross-beam from the car. Luckily, no vital parts were damaged in the crash and I can walk – more or less.”
The beginning of the incident dates back to the days when we were preparing for our open-house event. Here we took our car out for the first test-drive since London 2018. During this test-drive the steering partially snapped. We then proceeded to repair the steering with a good load of epoxy, which held out…. until last week.
In retrospect we learned a lot from the incident, even at low velocities the car is a force to be reckoned with. From now on we will focus a lot more on our drivers safety, the fact that the drivers foot was damaged by a dislocated carbon tube is something totally unacceptable!
Revealing the weak points of the car allows us to find new solutions to strengthen the chassis and improve the safety. Also stronger materials will be chosen when manufacturing the new steering and mounts.
Stay tuned as we rebuild and improve Cimbrer II!