I think there's a single compressor outlet. It's the charge cooler outlet that splits the flow.
Why would you have a twin compressor outlet anyway ?
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Honda F1 project leader Yusuke Hasegawa has outlined a number of reasons why Honda has been struggling so badly in the beginning of the 2017 Formula One season. He confirmed that lots of problems were not discovered while running on the dynamo meter.
"Reliability has been strong?" Between 4 drivers so far they used 15 ICE, 14 TC, 14 H, 14 K. And how can a driver still have three engines available to use?.
Same reasons they use two turbine inlets, one being: packaging. There is one intercooler per side. Feeding each individually would reduce charge pipe length, volume and weight. It could be that they simply use a wye pipe somewhere, but the photos this year show two similarly treated (two white o-rings) large-diameter (air-handling) pipes emanating from behind the oil tank, as well as individual charge cooler returns per bank. I don't think they will have positioned a wye pipe in such a space constrained area (behind the oil tank and compressor). I think the volute has two outlets.
The engine were not changed rcause they broke, they are still usablesaviour stivala wrote: ↑19 Jul 2019, 14:25"Reliability has been strong?" Between 4 drivers so far they used 15 ICE, 14 TC, 14 H, 14 K. And how can a driver still have three engines available to use?.
One Toto Rosso driver is on his 5th ICE, The other is on his 4th ICE. Do you mean to says they can use other than the current one and the last one that had been replaced?.Stef wrote: ↑19 Jul 2019, 19:59The engine were not changed rcause they broke, they are still usablesaviour stivala wrote: ↑19 Jul 2019, 14:25"Reliability has been strong?" Between 4 drivers so far they used 15 ICE, 14 TC, 14 H, 14 K. And how can a driver still have three engines available to use?.
But having twin outlets would have the opposite effect of all you have said:roon wrote: ↑19 Jul 2019, 15:28Same reasons they use two turbine inlets, one being: packaging. There is one intercooler per side. Feeding each individually would reduce charge pipe length, volume and weight. It could be that they simply use a wye pipe somewhere, but the photos this year show two similarly treated (two white o-rings) large-diameter (air-handling) pipes emanating from behind the oil tank, as well as individual charge cooler returns per bank. I don't think they will have positioned a wye pipe in such a space constrained area (behind the oil tank and compressor). I think the volute has two outlets.
A crossover pipe is heavier than the absence of a crossover pipe. A crossover pipe takes up more space than the absence of a crossover pipe. Primarily I would consider it for packaging. No bulkhead accommodation. Symmetry. Equal length runs from compressor to each cylinder.
RB10-RB15 had/has two intercoolers, one per side pod. Why rejoin the charge pipes before or after the intercoolers in such an arrangement? Photos from the Renault years show two charge pipes, one per side of the car spanning the engine and feeding its own intercooler. RB may have requested Honda to maintain this layout with the front compressor.
I dont know what you call a crossover pipe but you proposed 2 compressor outlets which would add rather than eliminate pipes ? Whatever pipe you would eliminate with 2 compressor outlets you can most definitely eliminate with a single outlet.roon wrote: ↑19 Jul 2019, 23:55A crossover pipe is heavier than the absence of a crossover pipe. A crossover pipe takes up more space than the absence of a crossover pipe. Primarily I would consider it for packaging. No bulkhead accommodation. Symmetry. Equal length runs from compressor to each cylinder.
Regardless. What do you think of the photo evidence?
RB10-RB15 had/has two intercoolers, one per side pod. Why rejoin the charge pipes before or after the intercoolers in such an arrangement? Photos from the Renault years show two charge pipes, one per side of the car spanning the engine and feeding its own intercooler. RB may have requested Honda to maintain this layout with the front compressor.
Eliminate. There are two intercoolers. One per sidepod. To connect these two intercoolers in-series involves adding a pipe. Operating them in parallel avoids this.
Demarcated with the orange arrow showing compressor outflow. Second image below. It is of apparently the same diameter as the left-side outlet, which you acknowledge to be an outlet. It's flange is treated the same way, with two white o-rings. Do you have another suggestion for its purpose?
Most photos of RB cars from the past six seasons with engine cover off will show the thicker-core a:a intercoolers mounted below the thinner liquid radiators. These are mirrored about the car, one per sidepod. Compare to Force India who dedicate an entire sidepod to one a:a intercooler. RB, Mac and Renault altenatively fill half a sidepod on both sides.