The Official Formula 1 2017 Season Thread
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I p lucky. Was watching Rolex 24 and wife asks me if we can go one year.
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Hungry-Turkey HTF1 meet for next years race?
The battle between ALO and RIC at the end was epic. HAM's storm to the front from 20th was bad *** too. Just sooooooo boring.
The battle between ALO and RIC at the end was epic. HAM's storm to the front from 20th was bad *** too. Just sooooooo boring.
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As the following car gets closer the air coming from the wing/floor and around the rear wing of the first car has less energy and disrupts the rear wing which not only weakens its downforce but also disrupts the floor's flow and it's downforce. This is why the downforce balance shifts forward as the car gets closer, inducing understeer.
why do people think the rear wing losing downforce will cause understeer?
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So here is 1 for yous guys. 2 images, time stamp is the same
Satellite Image (note only clouds in image are in the circles).
Here is radar image. Returns in area with no clouds! What could it be?
Satellite Image (note only clouds in image are in the circles).
Here is radar image. Returns in area with no clouds! What could it be?
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Ferrari eyes innovative piston solution thanks to 3D printing
The talk is that the main focus of change will be in combustion, with the chamber set for a considerable increase in pressure thanks to the latest work on the Turbulent Jet Ignition System that has been used in recent years.
It is suggested that there is a new micro-injector design from Magneti Marelli – which helps ensure the perfect flame for the ignition chamber to increase performance, but also minimises fuel use to reduce consumption.
The changes will put the engine under tremendous forces – with 400 bar pressure possible – plus a big increase in temperature that can be a threat to reliability. To meet its targets, Ferrari is having to revolutionise its approach to engine design, and has decided to focus on innovation. Tests are now ongoing about a novel piston design concept that use a new steel alloy.
It is suggested that there is a new micro-injector design from Magneti Marelli – which helps ensure the perfect flame for the ignition chamber to increase performance, but also minimises fuel use to reduce consumption.
The changes will put the engine under tremendous forces – with 400 bar pressure possible – plus a big increase in temperature that can be a threat to reliability. To meet its targets, Ferrari is having to revolutionise its approach to engine design, and has decided to focus on innovation. Tests are now ongoing about a novel piston design concept that use a new steel alloy.
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Read the article. A neat simulation of cars running in line. Actually sounds like this is a good thing since the following car's rear downforce (and hopefully, typically anyways, drag) will be greatly reduced following it.
But I didn't see where they tested this yaw (actually no mention of yaw in the artcile that I found). I don't think the front wing will keep that beautifully flat efficiency curve when its got the wake of the leading car and the front tires fuxing up all the flow.
In sum, I'll believe it when I see it. It's still a net positive IMO as the slipstream should be stronger than in previous years even without DRS.
But I didn't see where they tested this yaw (actually no mention of yaw in the artcile that I found). I don't think the front wing will keep that beautifully flat efficiency curve when its got the wake of the leading car and the front tires fuxing up all the flow.
In sum, I'll believe it when I see it. It's still a net positive IMO as the slipstream should be stronger than in previous years even without DRS.
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Originally Posted by Outrun
Underbody tunnels would probably help overtaking since the floor would provide the majority of the downforce instead of the wings.
From Paddy Lowe:
Originally Posted by Super F1 Kenyan
Some very interesting results came out of it and many of them were not intuitive as well. The paddock is full of amateur aerodynamicists, amateur overtaking experts and car wake experts, and actually when you get into the experimentation you find that things were not actually as you expected.
Paddy Lowe on the science of F1 overtaking and what it means for 2017
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i very much doubt their simulations are going to translate into real world performance. i am saying it would be neat if it did happen because watching drivers that can handle oversteer (ALO) would be more fun than watching the understeering bandits (BUT).
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BUT (see what I did there?) it would be neat if the cars slid a little behind them. The aliens would come back to the front me thinks.
Question falcong, does RBR have two aliens driving for them? Or just one?
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1 alien and 1 reptoid
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The article infers otherwise (at least from their modeled 2017 cars). To simplify, their study found the air being pulled from the floor attaches to the rear wing and helps the first car maintain a 45F/65R downforce distribution. As the following car gets closer the air coming from the wing/floor and around the rear wing of the first car has less energy and disrupts the rear wing which not only weakens its downforce but also disrupts the floor's flow and it's downforce. This is why the downforce balance shifts forward as the car gets closer, inducing oversteer. It seems the new front wings are less prone to losing efficiency when following a car closely.
I wonder if a beam wing would help prevent the floor flow from detaching for the rear wing.
I wonder if a beam wing would help prevent the floor flow from detaching for the rear wing.
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relying heavily on underbody downforce is a no-go as it is too dangerous. if anything upsets the ride height the downforce disappears and you have a sheet of paper in a stiff breeze
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What if - and believe me this is a hypothetical - but what if the cars had a standard active suspension that could control the attitude of the car to maintain relative df levels in all situations, like +/- 10% (random number for display purpose only). I'm not saying the cars are given equal downforce, I'm just saying the pressure sensors on various parts of the car are used to try and maintain that particular car's downforce level and distribution. Does that make sense and moar importantly would it even be possible?
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I wonder if the other teams will have that dorsal fin like Manor's.
Some new terms I read about today:
outwash tunnel
up wash canard
tyre squirt deck
r cascade
Some new terms I read about today:
outwash tunnel
up wash canard
tyre squirt deck
r cascade