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Ferrari rear wing activation (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/formula1@lemmy.world
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Absolute freak behavior

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Consider the rake of a car where you want the nose lower than the tail to cut through air on straights. Now put a wing that lifts the tail and presses the nose down.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Great point! I hadn’t considered the rake. It still seems like having a high rake (which increases downforce) fighting an inverse wing (reducing downforce) would increase drag more than anything else though.

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