At the Autosport International Show 2023 at the NEC in Birmingham, Cosworth officially launched its Cosworth Carbon Wheel Mk3 (CCW Mk3), the latest generation of professional motorsport steering wheels.
The 284mm FIA-certified ultra-lightweight carbon steering wheel has been developed on decades of engineering experience within high-end motorsport prototype applications. Its combination of 14 RGB LED push buttons, 4 x 12-way RGB LED rotaries and 4 x 16 detent thumbwheel encoders offers fast, efficient control to the endurance driver.
The CCW Mk3 has dedicated inputs for up to two push-pull digital paddles and four analogue paddles. All buttons and rotaries are backlit and fully configurable using the highly acclaimed Cosworth toolchain incorporating advanced Math, Logic, Autocoding and API functions.
All inputs and embedded diagnostics system channels can be transmitted over two failover CAN port for use with other peripheral systems on the car. The CCW Mk3 incorporates industry-leading sunlight viewable 1000nit, 800×480 WVGA, 16.7M colour 5” TFT display that is fully controllable by Cosworth’s range of ECUs, VCUs, PDMs and data loggers, or it can be run in full stand-alone mode with built-in ultra-high speed solid-state storage, offering up to 4GB for data logging directly on the wheel. The CCW Mk3 has already been deployed by the majority of Le Mans Hypercar and the Le Mans Daytona Hybrid grid.
