Muulka wrote:I was just looking at your car there, and looking at your version of the 2010 Mercedes 'blade' airbox, it looks like that would take away air going to the rear wing, wouldn't it? It certainly looks like it from the angle you posted. Are you going for lower CoG rather than outright downforce? And TBH I wouldn't have put louvres along the bottom of the sidepods; couldn't you have widened the rear outlet (if you have one; haven't had a good look at the back).
Loving the car tho!
Could someone please explain to me what this Formula Sketch thing is? It seems very interesting
Our airbox is lower that any other airbox out there, so lowers the CoG AND allows MORE airflow to the rear wing. The louvres were a temporary solution, that was easy to implement in a short time period. Widening the rear outlet, is something we will not be able to do because of the design of the rear. It will ruin our many features running at the back, so we need to find other solutions. Thankfully, our oil is extremely good for cooling, which makes up for our design, not complimenting cooling.
I'm not going to explain Formula Sketch as, I have done it well over 20 times on these forums. I'm sure there's a description somewhere on this thread, if you have a skim-read through.