bhallg2k wrote:Oh, yes. It's that time again.
I think they're gonna tilt the --- out of the engine. Why, it might even be inverted to create a vacuum under the car as it draws in air.
Thoughts?
They already said it's staying on the car, yes.adam2003 wrote:Do you think they will keep the pull rod at the front?
Yeah i think maybe they will change them. They need to have a tighter package on the rear to improve df/efficiencyGerhard Berger wrote:do people think they will keep the unorthodox cooling system (vertical radiators and hot air exiting out of the sidepods)?
I think they big sidepods that resulted from this may have made development very difficult for the F2012.
This is the right way in my opinion. I think there are more advantages than disadvantages.beelsebob wrote:They already said it's staying on the car, yes.adam2003 wrote:Do you think they will keep the pull rod at the front?
I'm not clear on exactly what the disadvantages are meant to be to be honest. It makes the airflow to the splitter slightly cleaner, and what's the downside?McMrocks wrote:This is the right way in my opinion. I think there are more advantages than disadvantages.beelsebob wrote:They already said it's staying on the car, yes.adam2003 wrote:Do you think they will keep the pull rod at the front?
Yeh, that cooling system always struck me as a bit weird, and a bit of a regression, I don't really get what's meant to be the advantage of it.But I think they will change the cooling system to get more undercut. This would help the flow to the rear.
Pull rod is to stay, also there were rumours on mid season that Mclaren might go on same direction next year.McMrocks wrote:This is the right way in my opinion. I think there are more advantages than disadvantages.beelsebob wrote:They already said it's staying on the car, yes.adam2003 wrote:Do you think they will keep the pull rod at the front?
But I think they will change the cooling system to get more undercut. This would help the flow to the rear.
I remember that I read an article which said that they have problems which the range of spring at cornering.beelsebob wrote: I'm not clear on exactly what the disadvantages are meant to be to be honest. It makes the airflow to the splitter slightly cleaner, and what's the downside?
The vertical radiators allowed the Coke bottle area of the car to be slimmer than it otherwise would have been with angled radiators, because the vertical layout enabled the team to use the smallest possible radiator surface area. The Type 056 V8 has high cooling requirements, though. So, the required width of the radiators, despite their overall smaller size, presented a problem in terms of packaging and aerodynamics.beelsebob wrote:Yeh, that cooling system always struck me as a bit weird, and a bit of a regression, I don't really get what's meant to be the advantage of it.
Maybe the F2012 wasn't designed for getting much air to the coke bottle. They where destroying the coke bottle shape through the acer ducts. I agree that the engine has high cooling requirements but we have seen at Torro Rosso that it is possible to make a big undercut... don't ask me if it was fastbhallg2k wrote:The vertical radiators allowed the Coke bottle area of the car to be slimmer than it otherwise would have been with angled radiators, because the vertical layout enabled the team to use the smallest possible radiator surface area. The Type 056 V8 has high cooling requirements, though. So, the required width of the radiators, despite their overall smaller size, presented a problem in terms of packaging and aerodynamics.beelsebob wrote:Yeh, that cooling system always struck me as a bit weird, and a bit of a regression, I don't really get what's meant to be the advantage of it.
. But I really think that they will change the cooling system. But it is all speculationEvery car is designed to get as much air as possible to the Coke bottle. That's where downforce lives. They just thought the Acer ducts would perform similarly to Red Bull's ramp and tunnel design.McMrocks wrote:Maybe the F2012 wasn't designed for getting much air to the coke bottle. They where destroying the coke bottle shape through the acer ducts.
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