Hi chaps,



I have run across these pictures while cleaning up my mobile phone.



I took them while repairing a steering wheel a few months ago to help keeping track of screws and part locations.

It was one of the 2006 season Red Bull wheels if I remember right.



As usual, communication to the onboard ECUs are via several 1Mbps CAN busses.

It uses a monochrome plasma display that had some minor problems (as in being completely dead.)

The wheel is not designed for maintenance or repair so was real pain to pull apart.

Plasma screen was glued to the carbon fibre shell, etc.



Most of the parts are carbon fibre and aluminium. Note that serial numbers of all parts are mostly single numbers - that's why they are so expensive. And because they wheel is part of the onboard ECU network the car without the wheel is essentially dead weight.



Anyway, I hope this is of some interest.



Cheers

Leo