monsi wrote:I am struck by the way there is almost no overt redirection of air around the tyre except at the endplate. Contrast this with - say - the Force India wing which has dramatic vertical elements from well inside the line of the tyre to turn the air outwards. The sinuous curves on the Red Bull wing are intriguing, I would love to know just how much they move the air around.
The Sinus shape could be exactly part of that wake control. It has less deflection angle on the oustide where the leading edge is elevated. The higher deflection angle of the FW in front of the center part of the front wheel will lead to increased static pressure there compared to the outsides. This will make the air move to the areas of lower static pressure, read the outside.
Doing that by twisting the wing Profile instead of using huge endplates will create a defined vortex which could potentially be used down stream. If they really managed to get that working properly is a different matter though but I suspect that the rational behind that design was somewhere along those lines.
This solutioln should also be slightly more efficient since you use only vertical (read Downforce producing) components to achieve this. Vertical endplates will only create drag but no direct DF at all.
there u go.. haha
