speedsense wrote:Diesel wrote:The cables won't be for any kind of active system, those are clearly illegal so throw that idea out the window now.
If the cables aren't for sensors (which is most likely) then I suspect they will be structural. Most likely they provide tension when the wing begins to flex, and they are probably tuned to meet the FIA test. Possibly they went this route so they could adjust the flex of the front wing without having to redesign it? I mean, the FIA adjusted the test so much last year they needed an easier way to adjust it so it passed. They saved time an money while all the other teams had to build new wings
This is the real conspiracy, the wings don't give any performance gain, they just waste the teams resources
Wires, especially 18-22 gauge (common for data logging), coated with High temp Raychem, don't stand a chance against from being pulled apart from the impact (which would stretch the raychem to break it, exposing the wires inside). No exposed wires are visible on either the wings or the nose bits. Secondly the shredded Carbon Fiber bits are like razor blades and would slice through said wiring like butter.
If indeed it were optic fiber data logging wire, again shredded Carbon Fiber could also slice easily through it, though OF has higher tensile strength in pulling of it. However, in the photo optic fiber cannot bend to such angles as the exposed wires are in.
What type of sensor would it be? Load cells or stain gauges?
If there are aero taps in the the wing and these "wires" are small rubber tubes to carry pressure to their sensors, where are the exposed taps on the wing? Or the flush mounted holes? Again rubber is easily sliced as well by CF and offers 0 resistance to pulling forces.
On a third note, if they are wing adjuster cables, why add weight (which Newey is very picky about) to create an adjuster in the nose rather that an adjuster right at the wing, easily reached by a tire guy? I don't recall ever seeing a wing adjustment at RBR made at the nose.
If the "wires" are in fact cables of some metal origin, how exactly do you structurally change the wing strength by pulling through the wing supports of the nose with cables, especially carbon fiber ones? Pulling in this matter would only bow the wing not strengthen it.
Though one could speculate (the conspiracy) that some type of
mechanical device that exists inside the wing (for strengthening or structurally weakening the internal wing support) that is operated by pulling with cables to add/remove lateral strength to the wing piece intended to flex. This would mean that it can be operated by the driver in some fashion and would be illegal.
The guy in the picture carrying the wing makes no attempt to cover up any of the wing bits as he carried them in full view of teams in pit lane, so either the guy is unaware of their importance or they aren't important at all (for others to view)
Though if the motive was to cheat, the less people that know the better to keep it a secret. IMHO
The car is legal; it just has more rake, the FW makes a ton of downforce and all wings flex, some more than others. So when you put those all together...
