aeroshape halo, floor openings, waterflow on the sidepod
I just now realise how difficult the "KERS hop" will be with the Halo blocking access to the top of the fuselage.NathanOlder wrote: ↑19 Feb 2018, 15:43Yeah, was only when i started to look for the drivers he,met, you realise how big and bulky the Halo really is
zioture wrote: ↑19 Feb 2018, 17:57Car comparison
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWaNJdXX0AAzwop.jpg
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I suppose the basic concept of RB11-B/12/13/14 are quite similar: to diminish the upper surface of sidepod in order to make maximum use of air above the sidepod and reduce lift. The lines of RB14's sidepod are quite hard to point out, but I suppose that RB14 may postpone its 'belly', which is to move the widest point of the sidepod a little bit backwards. As a result, the ramp could go all the way down from the upper surface, and hide the angle between upper surface and undercut shown on RB13. From that point RB14 is a very clever evolution from the previous generations.Vanja #66 wrote: ↑19 Feb 2018, 21:56Ok, maybe I was too harsh 2 hours ago, RB14 is a nicely designed car, natural evolution of RB13 with certain solutions borrowed from competitors. A true signature car of Adrian Newey, no doubt. Still, I was hoping for something a bit more explosive, maybe Ferrari's SF-70H spoiled me too much. I haven't spent much time analyzing evolution of RB13, but it definitely came a long way, and this car is basically a natural next step. I mean, look at this boring thing...
http://i.imgur.com/T8eEy7m.jpg
A year is a long, long time in F1.
Anyway, here are some of my thoughts on lower picture (click for full size), basically all the solutions are evolutionary from last year (some are bigger steps, some are smaller).
https://ibb.co/iWyQqn
Side pod inlets are not as aggressive as those on Williams or Haas, this is most likely Newey being Newey - I'll do it my own way. RB13 already had smallest side pod inlets of all cars, so it's not a surprise to see them like this on RB14. There are some nice vortex structures interacting between inlets, wings and side pod deflectors (color-mapped by pressure, simply for illustration). Unlike FW41, RB14 is focusing an getting the air to the coke-bottle zone from above side pods, as well as from around them (such grammar, very wow ), while FW41 is focusing heavily on getting it there from around the undercut. This is also reducing the lift a lot and I feel RB14 is designed for as little lift as possible, much like RB13. Seeing it, I'm even more interested in W09 and new Ferrari (SF-18H maybe?).
I totally forgot about that, maybe now you straddle the air box while facing forwards, shuffle back to the rear wing stand on the rear wing and produce a back 3 somersault to land safely on his feet away from the car.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑20 Feb 2018, 01:40I just now realise how difficult the "KERS hop" will be with the Halo blocking access to the top of the fuselage.NathanOlder wrote: ↑19 Feb 2018, 15:43Yeah, was only when i started to look for the drivers he,met, you realise how big and bulky the Halo really is