Today's unveiled Mercedes AMG F1 W09 resembles a lot its sucessful predecessor, the championship winning W08. And this is no coincidence, as team boss Toto Wolff reveals. However, there are some interesting changes to come this year with the new car.
PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 12:52Bending that size pipe would be too much internals stresses. It would crack after a short time in the heat.
From my experience pie cuts vs madrel bend, there is literally zero difference in performance. Hell in even more critical areas such as valve seat angles you won't find much difference between radius or discreet angles.wizzer wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 15:52I’m suprised they use pie cuts elbows for their exaust system and not a 3D printed piece as they used a pretty neat one in that area last season. There wasn’t an as dramatic change of direction than this year. That souldn’t be a game changer after the turbine but pie cuts does still create more turbulences. Looks like a bit of weird cost saving to me.
A mechanic shaves the clearance between tyre and floor.
Note: the very flat angle of the pull rod and how high the rocker is relative to it. This keeps the pull rod clear of the floor for aero, even if the geometry/stiffness design is tricky.
There is in theory but very minimal to null I agree, even more with a turbo and after the turbine. I guess that's why they elected to save a buck on that.godlameroso wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 15:59From my experience pie cuts vs madrel bend, there is literally zero difference in performance. Hell in even more critical areas such as valve seat angles you won't find much difference between radius or discreet angles.wizzer wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 15:52I’m suprised they use pie cuts elbows for their exaust system and not a 3D printed piece as they used a pretty neat one in that area last season. There wasn’t an as dramatic change of direction than this year. That souldn’t be a game changer after the turbine but pie cuts does still create more turbulences. Looks like a bit of weird cost saving to me.
Sure doesn't look like that to me, they had a similar suspension last year, this is just further refinement of the out wash flow structure keeping the tyre wake away.Ferraripilot wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 17:50Hack and slash engineering with that flick atop the front top a-arm as I see it. That particular a-arm position with the wheel upright was one of their more unique features to the front suspension of this car. This addition tells me their new found flow in this area may be, to an extent, unwanted.
