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Team: Paddy Lowe (TD), Tim Goss (DE), Martin Whitmarsh (TP)
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (3), Jenson Button (4)
NO, I think the wing is very symmetrical. You odd to consider the angles from which the picture is taken. If you had a picture from the opposite side you would say the same.Hangaku wrote:Wrong. That is the incorrect comparitor. This is correct:
Looks a bit assymetrical now, doesn't it?
Edit: Oops, quoted the wrong text.
I can see why people are saying it's asymmetrical, but the inside edge of the upper part of the front wing (where the yellow line on the left is marking) is a curved edge, whereas the other side (the second yellow line) is a straight edge. This gives the impression that one side is raised and the other is not.
A top down images of the MP4-26 front wing would paint a better picture.
Before anyone says it, yes I was fooled at first too.
Isak wrote:Guess it was asymmetrical when they did the press photos to then....
Or might it be an illusion that occurs when the angle of the photo makes the nose hide the inner part of upper flap........
And here:
http://img200.imageshack.us/f/mclaren1.jpg/
Dude, I said it _looks_ asymmetrical, but is in fact symmetrical. Read it againtjaeger wrote:NO, I think the wing is very symmetrical. You odd to consider the angles from which the picture is taken. If you had a picture from the opposite side you would say the same.
The picture is what at an inclination of appr. 30 deg from top and around 45 deg to the main axis. All parts of course have there own shapes, radii and given the perspective it would appear as it looks, but still be perfectly symmetrical.
Optical illusion!!
Hangaku wrote:Here, I've tried to show what I've explained above.
It's not an optical illusion as such, it's just that due to the 2D nature of the image and the angle of the photo, reference points for 3D perspective are lost or obscured.
What is that carbon fibre fin on top of the diffuser, just left of the crash structure ? It's tilted around 45deg to the outside, and it's assimetrical too, I can't see the same piece on the right side....bot6 wrote:
Yes, it is beautifully done, but beauty doesn't always win races (see, for example, Ferrari 330 P4 and Dino 206 SP).bot6 wrote:
Look at the structural design here guys. The way the diffuser and rear wing uprights are held by those thin posts, acting as splitters for the slotted extension of the uprights behind the diffuser, with the whole thing bound to the crash structure using the beam wing.
This is some beautiful coupled structural / aerodynamic engineering with impressive attention to detail.
Whether or not this L sidepod thing ends up winning races, you can't say that the Mackie Boys don't put some serious effort in. And they've got some serious skill in the details.
