Well,
first, I love the bit about "Lepard Shakira tail" and the "mass damper". Shakira, the colombian singer, won a "best buttocks" contest when she was starting her singing career, and in spanish the word for "tail" is used as an euphemism for "buttocks"...
Shakira at 17, right after she won the contest of the best "tail" in Colombia. How large is this aerodynamic deflection?
Second, aerodynamic surfaces for turning or braking are strictly forbidden, of course.
You would end with an aircraft race, instead of a car race. If F1 already has problems with downforce, imagine if FIA allows to use tails, ailerons, flaps and elevators. Whoever likes this way of "driving" should go into air races.
Miserably small picture of Fangio braking with a roof-top spoiler (barely visible, behind the driver of the car on the right). They were forbidden because of fear they would break
Yes, I know, front wings are going to have movable surfaces in 2009, but this only shows how desperate is the Overtake Working Group. They work only in the "vertical direction"... unless Ferrari or McLaren finds a way to exploit them to take the curves (why
that wouldn't surprise me?).
Third, I like the way you think. We've had several threads on wings inspired by animals. Here you have some pictures, just in case:
A flying aerodinamic teacher? Do you remember the Spitfire plane elliptical wing? I wonder if this wing is developed for flying in formation
This is the Spitfire wing
"Lift-enhanced" wing, used by birds that fly alone. Compare with the previous wing developed (I asume) for formation flying
Fishes in formation. Is this some kind of CDG wing? Notice it's thinner at the center...
Bald Eagle in flight with primaries spread to decrease drag and improve lift, another "solitary" bird
Staged wing at Renault and at your garden
Differential honeycombing (you vary the size of cells along the structure) of dragonfly wing. I concede it's not easy to achieve with current carbon fiber and aluminium honeycomb, but...
Shark skin. Why in heaven it's so similar to a bunch of F1 car noses put together? Yes, I know it's used in the swimsuits that helped to break all World Records, but the hydrodinamic regime is different. Do NOT pay attention to the captions, I wrote them
WhaleCorps turbine blade, inspired by bumps on whale fins
Master Manchild concept for blown wings (the rear wing is hollow, the air exits from the trailing edge). Yes, it's totally OOT, but I think it's one of the coolest ideas thrown around in this forum
Carlos mentions "our" ideas for a ionized wing. There you go:
My concept
What the thread finally brought (by Tomislavp4): the idea is to reduce front wheel drag...
Finally (I'm bored of looking for old threads), here you have the ultimate bionic-aerodynamic concepts...
"If you didn't care what happened to me,
And I didn't care for you
We would zig zag our way through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain
Wondering which of the buggers to blame
And watching for pigs on the wind."
-- Pink Floyd, Animals --
