Please tell me this is photoshopped?

[Nitro187]

[media]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/08/504x_Dodge_Viper_ACR_Wing.jpg[/media]

If not...

1) What a friggen idiot....
2) Wow those wings are strong!
3) What happened to the side of the wing (the part he's standing on) looks like it's missing a fin....

 

[plumcrazy]

looks it to me but ask austin, he's the PRO

 

[SilveRT8]

It's def. photoshopped.... The guy was much bigger than this !!!

 

[Cop Magnet]

A guy, IDK.
A young lady, maybe.

 

[Red Snake]

If that's real it's CRAZY. I'd never do that to my car.

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

Search the SRT forums (I think); this idiot is a Chrysler engineer standing on the carbon fiber ACR wing. It came from an article in a carbon fiber manufacturer's trade magazine that also had very interesting data for downforce from that wing and the splitter/canards in front.

So yes, it is real. And no, it poses no risk to the wing other than sneaker marks.

Edit: Here is the original article
Composite wing key to high-speed stability: COMPOSITESWORLD.COM

 

[Austin]

It is real. I read the article that Tom posted a few weeks ago. Good read too.

 

[Mopar Boy]

Wow! Sure says something for carbon fiber strength!

 

[Flexx91]

Wow! Sure says something for carbon fiber strength!

From a dead load perspective, quite possible. Dynamic loading or impact may be a different story.

 

[Cop Magnet]

Search the SRT forums (I think); this idiot is a Chrysler engineer standing on the carbon fiber ACR wing. It came from an article in a carbon fiber manufacturer's trade magazine that also had very interesting data for downforce from that wing and the splitter/canards in front.

So yes, it is real. And no, it poses no risk to the wing other than sneaker marks.

Edit: Here is the original article
Composite wing key to high-speed stability: COMPOSITESWORLD.COM

Thanks for the link. I had seen this photo in another online magazine, but not here.