"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
03/16/2014 at 14:05 • Filed to: Technically Formula 1, Technically F1, Formula 1, F1, Australian Gran Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne, OppositeLock
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"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork)
03/16/2014 at 14:05 • Filed to: Technically Formula 1, Technically F1, Formula 1, F1, Australian Gran Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne, OppositeLock | 25
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Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least what we thought was possible.
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This post will be updated as the weekend progresses. Discussions and questions are welcomed and encouraged in the comments section below.
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Red Bull RB10
The Red Bull RB10 chassis is now sporting a hump on the nose, something I didn't see present during pre-season testing.
What is that?!
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The hump on the nose is related to the the camera mounts. The FIA regulates their location but RBR have been clever and put the mounts on the inside of the nosecone. The hole is obviously exists so that a camera can do its job when installed (not a dummy as they often are).
RB10 6-element front wing. Note the minor gurney flap on the uppermost cascade element.
RB10 bulkhead detail. Their clever S-Duct can be seen wrapping around the suspension arms and sticking out of the chassis. The inlet for the S-Duct is the bottom-most gap, where the turing vanes interestingly comprise the lower carbon wall.
Note the engineer manually cooling an inlet on the RB10 just below the main airbox inlet.
RB10 brake assembly detail.
Red Bull brake housing
Red Bull also have a new Rear wing Endplate, the usual slits are now three inlets below the wing to reduce drag
Red Bull - Mini diffuser strakes in the central section aid in flow stability due to loss of the blown starter hole
Mercedes W05
W05 on track.
Note the vertical shark-fins on the 2nd cascade element of the front wing; I would previously have thought these were to keep clag (rolled up rubber on track) out of the cascade element slots, but seeing as the two on the right are tilted and the lack of clag on track in the practice sessions, I believe these are to condition the air flowing through the cascade element slots.
The W05 will try out their new front wing (bottom) this weekend at Melbourne. Note the changes in winglets above the main cascade element.
Mercedes chassis during Thursday build-up.
W05 bulkhead detail.
Mercedes are running new cooling inlets just above the main airbox inlet; the last iteration run at the pre-season tests connected the now two inlets.
W05 brake assembly detail.
Note the W05's two-into-one carbon wishbone. Also note the Mercedes chassis's slotted turing vanes.
'Bat Wing' named for obvious aesthetic reasons this is mounted as part of the ride height sensor that sits in this position on all the cars. It utilises and re-purposes the vortices created ahead of it
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Mercedes W05 T-tray detail.
Rear shot of the front edge of the floor shows the 2 element Bargeboard that's leading element is also slotted
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WOW Mercedes turbo is split with the compressor is in the front of the engine!
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Mercedes W05 rear-end detail.
Note the dual-element vane running along the floor, leading to the tire. With the loss of the blown-exhaust diffuser that used to seal off the diffuser from tire squirt in 2013, teams will be very keen to develop this area of the car.
Note the triangle endplates on the winglet connecting the rear crash structure and the diffuser. These exist to help seal of the air and make the air upwashing from the diffuser in that area more effective.
Mercedes have also blanked out a section of the U portion of their rear diffuser.
Ferrari F14T
Kimi's Ferrari with the DRS slot open. Note the winglet just above the airbox inlet, in between the camera mounts (below) and the FIA T-shaped roll bar (above).
Cooling exit on the top of the F14T's engine cover.
Ferrari bulkhead and suspension detail. Ferrari have retained their pull-rod suspension, while McLaren have dumped it in favor of the more popular push-rod suspension.
F14T brake assembly detail. Ferrari is one of the few teams to continue development of their duct-less brake ducts. The air is inlet between that vertical vane of carbon fiber and the tire sidewall; this allows for more clean air to pass through to the sidepods undisturbed.
F14T front wing detail.
F14T front wing endplate detail.
This is the rearwards view of the Ferrari front wing. The vertical strakes are their to guide the air straight and maximize the effect of the low-pressure area underneath the front wing.
Lotus E22
E22 chassis detail.
Lotus E22 asymmetric exhaust outlet and centerline rear wing support.
Also, it looks like somebody had an off...
McLaren MP4-29
New paint on the McLaren MP4-29; reminds me of the West livery.
MP4-29 front wing. Note the horizontal (when it's attached) vanes on the underside of the front wing.
McLaren MP4-29 front brake detail.
An exposed shot of the McLaren's rear Wishbone Wings (or !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , as I like to call them) and rear brake assembly.
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McLaren Y75 winglet (aka. Monkey Seat) detail; the supports are relatively minimal compared to other teams who have used elongated struts of carbon from the crash structure, or hang their Monkey Seat from the centerline rear wing supports.
Force India VJM07
VJM07 front-wing detail. Note all of the elements on the outer side of the wing aiming to shove the air to the right of the tire.
Force India brake detail.
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VJM07 bulkhead detail.
The VJM07 rear-end detail. Note how the Y75 winglet and the centerline rear wing supports are mounted to the rear crash structure.
The Force India chassis also had a dual element Y75 winglet: one element at the top of the supporting pylons, and another at the base near the crash structure.
Sauber C33
C33 front-wing detail.
Note the stepped chassis on the C33.
Sauber are also running a ductless set of front brake ducts.
The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! having its gearbox fitted, the SECU under the sidepod is cooled by that large duct
Also note the large protrusion of carbon fiber sticking out just atop the sidepod inlet; this is the side impact crash structure.
Sauber C33 front brake detail. It looks like Sauber are one of the only teams to keep with the duct-less front brake ducts.
Toro Rosso STR9
Toro Rosso STR9 front-wing detail.
Toro Rosso have brought both iiterations of their front wings to Melbourne. The newest front wing that allows more air underneath the chassis is on top, while the launch spec front wing rests below.
STR9 nose detail.
STR9 bulkhead detail.
Toro Rosso brake detail.
Williams FW36
Williams sporting a relatively simplistic steering wheel.
Williams seen suited-up with the new Martini re-branding.
Williams FW36 bulkhead detail.
FW36 rear brake assembly.
Here's the Williams gearbox exposed, note its taller due to the higher crankshaft on the engine for this year
The four exposed threaded inserts on the bottom of the chassis are for a spade-like T-Tray splitter mount
Note the aero shaped wing mirror mount
Williams FW36 rear end detail. Note the cloth surrounding the exhaust outlet; this is most likely there to cool the outlet.
Marussia MR03
A triad of Marussia front wings.
MR03 front-wing detail.
MR03 nose and 7-element front-wing detail. The Marussia and the Red Bull solutions to the 2014 nose regulations are staggeringly similar.
MR03 front brake detail.
Caterham CT05
Caterham have come to Melbourne with a matte black finished nose and front wing.
...and here it is briefly on track.
Note the stepped chassis front and pull rod front suspension
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Kamui's CT05 after the turn 1 crash.
As you can see, the crash structure continues all the way to the bulkhead, and the green section of the nose is more-or-less a vanity panel.
Caterham suspension after the turn 1 incident.
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More images will be added throughout the Gran Prix weekend. Stay Tuned!
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McLarry
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/13/2014 at 19:35 |
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FP1 is on soon!
Can't wait!
desertdog5051
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/13/2014 at 19:52 |
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Another great post Fractal.
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Tim (Fractal Footwork)
> McLarry
03/13/2014 at 20:29 |
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DasWauto
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 22:52 |
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The hump on the nose is related to the the camera mounts. The FIA regulates their location but RBR have been clever and put the mounts on the inside of the nosecone. The hole is obviously exists so that a camera can do its job when installed (not a dummy as they often are).
Team6.1
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 22:52 |
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8============D
That would be my carbon fiber boner. omfg I can not wait any longer
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Tim (Fractal Footwork)
> DasWauto
03/14/2014 at 22:53 |
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Do you mind if I quote you in the post?
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DasWauto
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 22:55 |
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Sure. It was discovered in the SkyF1 broadcast of FP1. If you comb through Scarbs' or Somers' Twitter feed you can probably find something to back that up.
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Tim (Fractal Footwork)
> DasWauto
03/14/2014 at 23:00 |
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Forgot to go through the tweets. Oops!
Thanks man.
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DasWauto
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 23:03 |
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Here's the only thing I could find on Scarbs' feed: https://twitter.com/StigsfatCousin…
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DasWauto
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 23:09 |
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And from Somers: https://twitter.com/SomersF1/statu…
AdmiralAkbar
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 23:29 |
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Does anyone else feel like they're looking a secret stash of voyeuristic pornography? It's so wrong but so right.
I can't wait for the race.
pedal-force
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 23:39 |
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I was wondering last night (laying in bed, after watching FP1) if anyone in F1 or anywhere had thought about separating the turbine from the compressor. When there is a generator/motor in the middle, there's no reason you can't split that up and have a generator AND a motor. For something like an I4, it would make the packaging SO much easier. You could also switch to axial compressors and turbines, but I'm not sure if that would be more efficient or not (I'm not a mechanical engineer, just electric). So I guess someone else beat me to it. I sure would love it on my car though. Much less tubing to move the intake air around.
Agrajag
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/14/2014 at 23:42 |
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Kilroy?
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desertdog5051
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/15/2014 at 00:32 |
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The complexity of those brake systems is mind boggling. And they only had about a year to come up with all that intricate engineering.
NoahthePorscheGuy
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/15/2014 at 00:38 |
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tape?
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Tim (Fractal Footwork)
> NoahthePorscheGuy
03/15/2014 at 00:41 |
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when all else fails...
WarShrike
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/15/2014 at 10:28 |
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Absolutely love this stuff! Carbon porn everywhere.
As an ME major, and newbie on our FSAE team, I love seeing stuff like this and helps tie in the coverage missed on nbcsports.
Our budget is pretty small and not heavily sponsored like some of the other teams that get Ti components and carbon fiber everywhere, but we learn a lot!
FormerInstants
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/15/2014 at 11:11 |
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Red Bull have put the camera pod *inside* the nose?! That's...kind of really clever. Didn't realize that was legal.
Slo-Z
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/15/2014 at 14:12 |
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Great job, mate. Love the attention to detail.
boobaru
> WarShrike
03/15/2014 at 23:49 |
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My biggest regret was not doing FSAE while I was still in school. Like you, we didn't have the sponsors to really take it to the next level, but it would have been good fun.
If anyone here is a racing fan and is in college, I highly suggest getting involved in FSAE. Hell they don't always need MEs or EEs; I've seen CS majors in there to program the ECU, CEs to help with the structural engineering, and some randos just there to help keep the shop clean in exchange for some track time.
theloudmouth
> Tim (Fractal Footwork)
03/16/2014 at 14:31 |
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Any shots of a Renault powered engine bay and whether they have divorced turbine and compressor housings?