2014 Design

[FW17]

Will we see a return to more elaborate displays on the steering wheel with the addition of turbo, kers and fuel management?




To compare with

Formula E steering wheel


Audi R15

R18

[siskue2005]

What rule is that 900mm2 area referring to?

It can't be what i quoted from the regs, as it would not be over 135mm and be 9000 not 900.
I myself have been confused, but i now see why i read it incorrectly.

What the rule also does is limit the length of the nose. The nose tip can be no further than 800mm from front wheel center line.

part b is referring to the centroid.

How about this?

[Lycoming]

Will we see a return to more elaborate displays on the steering wheel with the addition of turbo, kers and fuel management?

I believe not, the current display is practically a part of the SECU. Besides, all the driver needs to know is when to shift, what gear he's in, whether he's up or down on his previous lap (in qualifying), and how much KERS he has left. All of that can be done on the current display. Everything else is pure fluff. The driver doesn't need to know things like oil pressure, turbo boost pressure, speed, etc.

[FW17]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYZB6VlCAAEL6oK.jpg:large

What rule is that 900mm2 area referring to?

It can't be what i quoted from the regs, as it would not be over 135mm and be 9000 not 900.
I myself have been confused, but i now see why i read it incorrectly.

What the rule also does is limit the length of the nose. The nose tip can be no further than 800mm from front wheel center line.

part b is referring to the centroid.

How about this?

Reminds me of the sketch which i drew some time back

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BZmspvyCIAAtT5g.png

Since vanity panels are allowed and scarbs illustration is also allowed, what is stopping the nose cone from looking like this?


Light green vanity panel
Dark green splitter

The image sketched is not very clear but it was supposed to have the idea of this

[siskue2005]

Nice +1 =D>

[scarbs]

Can any one tell me what that bulbous detail is called on the front of the boat? or perhaps explain its function?

[djos]

A bulbous bow is a protruding bulb at the bow (or front) of a ship just below the waterline. The bulb modifies the way the water flows around the hull, reducing drag and thus increasing speed, range, fuel efficiency, and stability. Large ships with bulbous bows generally have a twelve to fifteen percent better fuel efficiency than similar vessels without them.[1] A bulbous bow also increases the buoyancy of the forward part and hence reduces the pitching of the ship to a small degree.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous_bow

In a conventionally shaped bow, a bow wave forms immediately before the bow. When a bulb is placed below the water ahead of this wave, water is forced to flow up over the bulb. If the trough formed by water flowing off the bulb coincides with the bow wave, the two partially cancel out and reduce the vessel's wake. While inducing another wave stream saps energy from the ship, canceling out the second wave stream at the bow changes the pressure distribution along the hull, thereby reducing wave resistance. The effect that pressure distribution has on a surface is known as the form effect.

[AnthonyG]

Can any one tell me what that bulbous detail is called on the front of the boat? or perhaps explain its function?

Here you go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous_bow

[djos]

Can any one tell me what that bulbous detail is called on the front of the boat? or perhaps explain its function?

Here you go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous_bow

Bit slow!

[AnthonyG]

Can any one tell me what that bulbous detail is called on the front of the boat? or perhaps explain its function?

Here you go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous_bow

Bit slow!

Yeah, I first typed something about tuning the frenquency of waves etc, but then changed my mind because I wasn't 100% sure.

[Joie de vivre]

omg what has FIA done

[gobjb]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYZB6VlCAAEL6oK.jpg:large

Now this one is ugly.

Also illegal as such since you need to have two pylons connecting the nose to the front wing according to rule 3.7.2.

[siskue2005]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BYZB6VlCAAEL6oK.jpg:large

Now this one is ugly.

Also illegal as such since you need to have two pylons connecting the nose to the front wing according to rule 3.7.2.

Does the rule say how wide the pylons should be ?
If not they can put a small slit in the single pylon and claim it as two pieces

[theWPTformula]

Does the rule say how wide the pylons should be ?
If not they can put a small slit in the single pylon and claim it as two pieces

Yes, article 3.7.2 in the regulations. Must be no greater than 25mm wide and maximum area of 5000mm^2 in total.

[FW17]

Yes, article 3.7.2 in the regulations. Must be no greater than 25mm wide and maximum area of 5000mm^2 in total.

Makes no sense, i guess you have the wrong article