"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
11/06/2013 at 10:29 • Filed to: F1 Technical on Oppo, Suzuka Grand Prix, Formula 1, F1, OppositeLock
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"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
11/06/2013 at 10:29 • Filed to: F1 Technical on Oppo, Suzuka Grand Prix, Formula 1, F1, OppositeLock | 2
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Welcome to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ! The one thing that separates Formula 1 from any other motorsport is the absurd level of engineering and aerodynamic advancement that the teams push on each other, and we are here to appreciate, discuss, and revel in the beauty of design on the current limits of speed.
Open discussions in the comments section are welcomed and promoted. I will post a few pictures that I've found interesting on a particular race weekend, and hopefully we'll get some great discussions stirring!
Suzuka Grand Prix
Red Bull
These upright elongated vanes look to be either (1) channeling the exhaust between them into the space between the diffuser and tire, or (2) the exhaust is going inward of the inward vane, and the air flowing round the sidepods is being channeled between the two vanes.
Red bull carbon brake housing. The carbon with the red markings appears to be there purely for blowing the wheel on the other side; it does not seem to be venting to the brake disks. There appears to be a slot underneath the aforementioned that cools the brakes.
McLaren
McLaren pitot tube aero testing that looks to be testing the efficiency of the front wing in deflecting air around the front tires.
Sabuer
Note the tight packaging on the underside of the sidepod radiators in an attempt to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible.
The floor of the Sauber. Make of this what you will...
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rad_mike
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/06/2013 at 12:12 |
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The intricacy of the Sauber floor is unreal. More complicated that I'd have ever thought.
Not a Sunburst Miata
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/06/2013 at 12:14 |
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I read an article that RBR was using this floor area to house the batteries for their KERS System. Are other teams doing something similar now?
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Tim (Fractal Footwork)
> Not a Sunburst Miata
11/06/2013 at 12:35 |
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On the Sauber, that looks like the duct that takes air that would otherwise have gone round the coke-bottle zone and funnel it towards the center of the diffuser. They have the Red-Bull style Coanda exhaust layout where there is bodywork contact all the way down, instead of a jump as seen on the McLaren, Ferrari, etc.
sloPro
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/06/2013 at 20:37 |
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*pitot tube.
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Tim (Fractal Footwork)
> sloPro
11/06/2013 at 20:40 |
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oops
ACCEL_ENG
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
11/13/2013 at 08:30 |
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RedBull is using their flow as a mass damper. It meets the static deformation rules, but it is tuned to resonate an the same frequency as the tire sidewalls. So despite the traditional mass damper being banned, RedBull figures out another way to achieve the same effect. brilliant.
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ACCEL_ENG
> ACCEL_ENG
11/13/2013 at 08:30 |
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http://somersf1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/theori…