McLaren MCL32 Honda

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6 element t-wing, via Andreas Haupt‏:

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Honda influence

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mclaren111 wrote:
28 Jul 2017, 07:20
https://youtu.be/FRrsR6KJCuw


Nice video
So it is a small pitot array in front of the rear wheel. (1:35)

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FW17 wrote:
28 Jul 2017, 09:37
Honda influence

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Peak-downforce-tastic!

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Flow wiz on the T-wing it would be nice to see a side picture to see the airflow and understand a bit better how it works. Thanks for the pic

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Can't be sure but if you look closely in that picture, you can see Red flow viz on the rear wing, so I would say the T-wing is Guiding air onto there. Be nice to see someone give us a more in depth analysis though
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I thought the idea of the T-wing was to create an upwash I front and above the rear wing in order to aid the upwash of the rear wing

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That and it's pretty low drag for the downforce it produces itself.

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KingHamilton01 wrote:
28 Jul 2017, 18:59
Can't be sure but if you look closely in that picture, you can see Red flow viz on the rear wing, so I would say the T-wing is Guiding air onto there. Be nice to see someone give us a more in depth analysis though
Those are just splatters flying off and hitting the rear wing. Twings are not about guiding airflow. They just create blunt downforce. They actually take away a bit of downforce from the rearwing because of the upwash they generate.

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Jef Patat wrote:
28 Jul 2017, 21:53
KingHamilton01 wrote:
28 Jul 2017, 18:59
Can't be sure but if you look closely in that picture, you can see Red flow viz on the rear wing, so I would say the T-wing is Guiding air onto there. Be nice to see someone give us a more in depth analysis though
Those are just splatters flying off and hitting the rear wing. Twings are not about guiding airflow. They just create blunt downforce. They actually take away a bit of downforce from the rearwing because of the upwash they generate.
The video shows what a more simple t-wing does. The explanation sounds legitimate.

https://youtu.be/yJ-xdo8Ebzg

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I'm not convinced the vortex explanation is correct. Most teams have by now have chosen for closed multi element twings. Except for TR I think. I think this is to reduce the number of strong vortices and still have the benefit of downforce. His explanation also doesn't take into account what the vortex would cause under yaw where downforce is needed most.