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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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[โ€“] 17 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Wouldn't this cause some drag while it's deploying? It's effectively an airbrake for a split second

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Iโ€™m really interested to see how this works out too. Agreed it seems like it would briefly add more drag than other systems and presumably this provide some amount of lift upside down which seems counterproductive.

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  • [โ€“] 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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  • [โ€“] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    My super armchair thoughts are that the wing element inverted provides a similar ish amount of up force as it used to downforce. Lighter rear makes the car less stable (no problem on the straight) and less draggy. The former down force doesn't necessarily go to the front, cuz a lot of the force was from the aero, and it's reverse acting more.

    I think it'll act as though the car is overall lighter with this, but of course the deployment takes a little time so it has to be worth it. Neat idea either way.

    Also again not an expert at all

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 8 months ago

    The lightening rear is an interesting thought. It would take some pressure off the rear tires, shrinking their contact patch a bit and reducing rolling resistance down a straight (I think). It could have potential tire wear benefits (in the rear). It may even effectively increase the diameter of the rear wheels a small amount (at peak speed since they wouldnโ€™t have so large of a flat contact patch), effectively being a nano-CVT adding a little top speed. The effect would likely be very small, but measurable.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 8 months ago*

    I canโ€™t tell if the camera frame rate changes over the course of the clip, but if it was my design, Iโ€™d make the โ€œopeningโ€ rotation as fast as possible (minimizing drag while accelerating) and then close it with a slower rotation to act as an air brake to let my drivers brake later.

    Iโ€™m guessing their exhaust deflector plate also plays into their rear wing and active aero performance. It looks engineered to help the flow reattach more quickly as it is closing. It may also play into some effects of its aero while the flap is inverted.

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    • [โ€“] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Twice the sponsors. Brilliant.

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    • [โ€“] 10 points 8 months ago

    Very interesting. Hopefully an upside-down wing doesnโ€™t cause a Mercedes CLR kind of situation

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    [โ€“] 5 points 8 months ago

    Is this wing creating the Lift in Lift and Coast?

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    [โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago

    I have no idea technically/ the performance how it compares to the standard DRS flaps, but it looks awesome so I hope the rule of cool comes through and it works for Ferrari. #thisisouryear lol

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    [โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Is there a way to see it somewhere other than Catbox, which doesn't open for many people, including via Tor?

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    • [โ€“] 3 points 8 months ago

    Alpine's rear wing pivots differently as well

    https://youtu.be/nFA23k6Y0Wc

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    [โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago

    It's spinning ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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    [โ€“] 1 point 8 months ago

    Italian spinniny boi!

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