Ferrari F138

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sucof wrote:If this is true, I find these tests a pretty nice idea, I always wondered if they have such colleration issues, why don't they produce some experimental wings for friday just to see how things are working in real life. They could make wings completely not producing downforce, just stuff like testing basic aerodynamic principles with the ability to exactly measuring differences between tunnel and real world data. I think such tests would be allowed on fridays and especially on private tests, and would be very useful.
There isn't much time, if any, during race weekends for that kind of testing. Although one could argue that most of the updates they've been bringing lately have been experimental as none of them seem to work!

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Kiril Varbanov
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Spa, rear wing, via AMuS:
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Comparison with Alonso's rear wing from 2012:

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turbof1
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Yes: way less angle, shorter chord. That also allows to remove a number of slits in the endplate.

I also can't see any of the vertical slades at the back of the endplates.
#AeroFrodo

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And a transparent DRS activator? :wtf:

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tpe wrote:And a transparent DRS activator? :wtf:
Ahh damn reflection again, LOL ! :D

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turbof1 wrote:I also can't see any of the vertical slades at the back of the endplates.
They are still at the same place. Just look at a bottom of the white strip.

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Holm86
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radosav wrote:
tpe wrote:And a transparent DRS activator? :wtf:
Ahh damn reflection again, LOL ! :D
Reflections and asymmetry is really an enemy in here :D

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radosav wrote:
tpe wrote:And a transparent DRS activator? :wtf:
Ahh damn reflection again, LOL ! :D
This is either a plastic cover that protects the activator, or the activator cover is changed. There is no reflection. Take a better look.

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Holm86
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tpe wrote:
radosav wrote:
tpe wrote:And a transparent DRS activator? :wtf:
Ahh damn reflection again, LOL ! :D
This is either a plastic cover that protects the activator, or the activator cover is changed. There is no reflection. Take a better look.
Its reflection. It's you who needs a better look.

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turbof1
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Yurasyk wrote:
turbof1 wrote:I also can't see any of the vertical slades at the back of the endplates.
They are still at the same place. Just look at a bottom of the white strip.
No those are the slots at the bottom of the endplate. I am talking about the slades behind the endplates (which only ferrari has). The image is a bit tricky, so they could simply be out of view or still not attached.
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tpe wrote:
radosav wrote:
tpe wrote:And a transparent DRS activator? :wtf:
Ahh damn reflection again, LOL ! :D
This is either a plastic cover that protects the activator, or the activator cover is changed. There is no reflection. Take a better look.
Take a look at the "n" from the Santander being reflected. It is a reflection.

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Redragon
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Holm86 wrote:
tpe wrote:
radosav wrote: Ahh damn reflection again, LOL ! :D
This is either a plastic cover that protects the activator, or the activator cover is changed. There is no reflection. Take a better look.
Its reflection. It's you who needs a better look.
If it was transparent we could read the letter ¨t¨non a ¨n¨. I believe is santander, no sannander

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Belgium 2013 - Thursday (22.08.2013)

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"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe." Murray Walker, San Marino 1985

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differences rear wing old(high load) and new version (low load)
New cover DRS actuator

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Redragon
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turbof1 wrote:
Yurasyk wrote:
turbof1 wrote:I also can't see any of the vertical slades at the back of the endplates.
They are still at the same place. Just look at a bottom of the white strip.
No those are the slots at the bottom of the endplate. I am talking about the slades behind the endplates (which only ferrari has). The image is a bit tricky, so they could simply be out of view or still not attached.
What he pointed out it is how the decoration painting changes at the bottom, drawing the line of the vertical slades.
You can see the vertically line of the slades, a bit difficult to see buy they are there