


I think this wing is flexing at the root of the bridge wing. There is probably a relation between the rear wing pitching moment and the torsional displacement of this bridge wing, who knows?

Well, if other teams note this deflection and would consider it as smth that gives advantage to RedBull, we may expect the change in test procedure, just like what happened to Ferrari back in 2007.ringo wrote: It leaves loop holes if the static test for example is a 10 pound weight for only a 1cm of defection, when in fact that part of the car experiences 50 pounds of force on the track, unbeknown to the inspectors. And the team can't be blamed for it because they followed the rules.
Something tells me that all the other teams are in the same flexy boat.timbo wrote:Well, if other teams note this deflection and would consider it as smth that gives advantage to RedBull, we may expect the change in test procedure, just like what happened to Ferrari back in 2007.ringo wrote: It leaves loop holes if the static test for example is a 10 pound weight for only a 1cm of defection, when in fact that part of the car experiences 50 pounds of force on the track, unbeknown to the inspectors. And the team can't be blamed for it because they followed the rules.
Actually such thing happened many times, e.g. with McLaren bridge wing etc.
Good thinking shamikaze. If the wing takes a reduced angle of attack then it's going in the opposite direction from stalling. In theory you can reduce drag by reducing AoA or you can reduce drag by increasing AoA enough to cause stall.shamikaze wrote:Having repeatedly looked at the bbc video following the tail-wing movements it is clear that the RB6's wing moves down (rotates around a horizontal pivot point) with increased aero-load. The obvious fact that by the tail-wing flexing/rotating downward is to change the AoA hence reduce top-speed drag and downforce. What would be intersting to know where the pivot -point would be located.
Like mounting them on the helmet bus style?raymondu999 wrote:I'm actually kinda disappointed. I would've thought newey would've done something magical that nobody else thought of for the mirrors. LOL