Vanja #66 wrote: ↑23 Oct 2024, 09:58
chrisc90 wrote: ↑22 Oct 2024, 22:40
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Russell
Efin legend!
Awesome stuff, thanks a lot! Ferrari wing seems to be more flexible at slightly lower speeds than it was in Singapore, but overall total flex looks about the same (and not that far from McLaren). Mercedes "new" wing is still a flappyti-flap noodle wing and as long as they keep it they won't fix their issues
organic wrote: ↑22 Oct 2024, 23:47
I guess red bull are the only top team without one now
RB20 is optimally balanced in high speed corners by design, I'm not sure if they can get a big benefit in slow-speed with such a stiff front end in any case. Their latest front wing has its adjuster back outboard for a while and there is some amount of flexing included already.
I think you can not copy the main effect of the movement we see at all:
They generate a vortex by the step in the wing at low speed. What they seal off with it would be interesting. They simply designed the wing to flex to an even shape, removing the (strong) vortex once at high speed to remove the according drag. The main movement we see is basically a "switch".
One of the most puzzling things to me that this is counted legal. I mean...they even have metal guiding plates to guide the movement of a part, that is not allowed to move. But in the end I think this is quite simple, but can not be copied without the complete picture of what they do with thit vortex.
In terms of flexing the more interesting part is that they all move to paper thin upper wing plates. You can barely see it on the video, but my interpretation is, that they flatten at high speed, loosing the curvature. I think on the Ferrari one can see this better, it really gets a different curvature at top speed.
They also do not paint this part at all. Just McLaren uses a sticker in some part and keeps on replacing this sticker from track to track.