Its not just ride height, its chassis slip angle sensor. If you look it up online you can see its not usually a small sensor, and I am assuming it works kinda like a optical mouse, which is basically a camera that takes a lot of pictures and compare its path. In this case most of the sensing unit will be in that pod, and the connection to the car will just be channel output and power input.forty-two wrote:I know people have said it's a ride height sensor, but two things make me dubious.
1. I'm fairly sure I've seen the RB6 running during races with it fitted, and that seems like it would present a fairly significant drag penalty. This could be discounted if all cars were running using the same unit, but they don't.
2. Why would a laser ride height sensor need to be mounted in a pod external to the car, surely it could work just as well tucked out of the way with only a lens protruding?
I wonder if the teams also run one at the rear axle too....