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Downforce dropoff with yaw (F1)

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Jersey Tom
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Re: Downforce dropoff with yaw (F1)

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Cars will always yaw. They have to, to generate tire force.
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n_anirudh
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Re: Downforce dropoff with yaw (F1)

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Jersey Tom wrote:Cars will always yaw. They have to, to generate tire force.
Yes they do, but that would be for a small range of slip angles, right?
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Jersey Tom
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Re: Downforce dropoff with yaw (F1)

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Correct. The cars don't yaw any more than that. Yaw steers the rear tires, as well as the front tires (along with steering input).
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n_anirudh
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Re: Downforce dropoff with yaw (F1)

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The maximum yaw an F1 car would go be less than 10 deg, but if you do take a much lower category like the FSAE, where yaw rates are quite high thru slaloms, the downforce and end plate design to is crucial.
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