MIKEY_! wrote:Thought that change was for 2013 like all the now abandoned ground effect and stuff.
Edit: Shouldn't the splitter flex upwards so you can run the front wing closer the the ground. And anyway there is a titanium bar between the nose and the splitter to stop it flexing now isn't there?
This may sound mean but please don't take it the wrong way...
I love the attention to detail and the concept of what you are trying to achieve but I wish you were doing something different and radical with this car. You have so much time to develop it and you clearly know what you are doing from what i have seen of your other posts so don't let it be a generic f1 car, do something special.
No the change is for 2012, or at least was written as for 2012 in the 2011 rules.
The splitter should flex upwards, and that is an easy amendment to make, but there is no titanium bar there necesarily. We are assuming it is stiff enough to pass the flex test itself.
The attention to detail is a massive part of this project. Our car is in very early days at the moment. There are radical ideas and features on the car, you just haven't seen them yet, and also, we plan on getting someone to partner us with CFD, to help us develop and improve on our design so we can actually do something meaningful with the project, and learn a great deal about aerodynamics, something I wish to study at University. This is a design and improvement exercise, there is no point going 'radical' from the off, when you don't know what will happen. We believe that this project can be something special, if we didn't then we wouldn't be doing it.
There is a big update on progress on the way, we'll post it here when we're ready.
We've rethought the cockpit and headrest, an almost done front wing, a new rear wing with some 'interesting' features, revised internals and some other features too.
Sorry bout the slow reply, been away for a week.
