IndyCar Testing Shots:
Teams are actually allowed to decide what to run and exactly how. We're already seeing different aero in the same team with the same kit.scuderiafan wrote:None of the teams are running that mid-sidepod winglet. I wonder if it's a street course-only item.
I can't confirm whether or not this is the case for this particular chassis and manufacturer, but it's not uncommon on that type of ARB setup to have the adjustment built into the lower, pivoting mount. Instead of making it rigid on a tube shape, it can be mounted on a blade which the driver can adjust from stiff to soft as the bar rotates. I don't have a diagram, but you may be able to find something Googling "blade adjustable anti roll" or something similar.countersteer wrote:How do they adjust the roll stiffness? I don't see any adjustment built into the system. I recognize the torsion roll bar can be swapped but I didn't see any incremental adjustment.
These kits have to be sold at affordable prices, thus, you can't spend millions fine-tuning a design.RicME85 wrote:That front wing looks a bit overkill!
There's a lot of space in front of the main flaps taken up by the cascades, wouldn't it of been better to tune the elements rather than throwing more and more cascades at it?
It's like a kids take on aero when building a racing car out of Lego, "just add more wings"