hardingfv32 wrote:1) "Why do all the teams have raised noses?"
Any number of reasons. Better flow for the front wing, create high pressure above the tea tray or better flow to the cooling system, etc.
If they wanted flow under the floor why is it not more easy for us to see this being done? Could there be a deflector at the leading edge of the tea tray directing more air under the floor or directing it under the side-pod floor? Something like a snowplow blade.
2) "Why do the splitters feed air toward the floor?"
I assume we are talking about the small square tunnels on the sides of the tea tray? It was suggested that this is a vortex generating system. Regardless, if this is to direct air under the floor then why doesn't this duct accumulate all the flow at the front edge of the tea tray?
3) "Why is the leading edge of the floor rounded, instead of a sharp splitter shape?"
For sure this is to generate a vortex to control the flow along the sides of the floor. A type of sealing activity.
Shelly's premise are not well-supported... in my opinion.
Brian
1) Better flow over the FIA mandated section so it can generate more lift? Surely you jest.
b) That's what the under-nose deflectors are for (I bet).
I highly doubt the entire front half of the car would be designed as such to optimize cooling.
2) What do you mean by "accumulate"? Air isn't piling up there. There is a slight benefit from the high pressure, but then the air gets diverted to the sides by the monocoque, and starts to direct downward. In doing so, the air is accelerated as it meets the leading edge of the sidepod, and creates better conditions for the floor to generate downforce.
3) A *rounded* leading edge to the sidepod creates a vortex? What? How would that happen?
If you and Ringo think that sealing off the floor is the ultimate method of making downforce, then why didn't teams create a sliding skirt to block off the leading edge of the floor back in the 70's, when it was allowed?
Your arguments aren't making much sense... in my opinion.