The lack of an undercut isn’t necessarily a bad thing, they are using that in order to drive airflow away from the floor… I would argue that is more innovative than using an undercut as usual.Fer.Fan wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:49Lack of undercat, lack of inovations, I had muck higher expectations. Basic car, 2021 design.f1rules wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:42are they using the frontsidepods curvature and lack of undercut to guide air to seal the sides of the floor?
Definitly they follow a more 21 design path then AM that tried a completely new concept for these new rules
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLVwqMIWQAQ ... name=large
Yeah that's what I was noticing as well but I couldn't tell if it just looked that way based on the outwash design of the side pods, we need a comparison.west52keep64 wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:52There's defo differences on the car they had on stage. The floor tunnels appear to transition smoothly towards the edge of the floor. I wonder if they are using the full width of the floor for the tunnels some how? That could be a massive advantage if they've found a way to do that within the rules...
Dude, they have literally invented a new rear suspension layout. And this is shown on a car which James Key admitted to being intentionally simplified to hide things.Fer.Fan wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:49Lack of undercat, lack of inovations, I had muck higher expectations. Basic car, 2021 design.f1rules wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:42are they using the frontsidepods curvature and lack of undercut to guide air to seal the sides of the floor?
Definitly they follow a more 21 design path then AM that tried a completely new concept for these new rules
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLVwqMIWQAQ ... name=large
Fer.Fan wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:49Lack of undercat, lack of inovations, I had muck higher expectations. Basic car, 2021 design.f1rules wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:42are they using the frontsidepods curvature and lack of undercut to guide air to seal the sides of the floor?
Definitly they follow a more 21 design path then AM that tried a completely new concept for these new rules
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLVwqMIWQAQ ... name=large
And we still have the big 3 to show what they came up with… I’m with you, most of my worries about the individuality of the teams are dissipatingXero wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:54The sidepods do look very straight from front on, but it's an illusion to how narrow the sidepods really are. Undercut at the front creating outwash tapers to a strong downwash at the back. Tonnes of floor space on show as a result. It looks good.
3 cars shown, and 3 different looks. All worries about design freedom certainly haven't came true!
If they can seal the edge of the floor, they might be using the entire width as a venturi tunnel... that could be game changing.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:54Yeah that's what I was noticing as well but I couldn't tell if it just looked that way based on the outwash design of the side pods, we need a comparison.west52keep64 wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:52There's defo differences on the car they had on stage. The floor tunnels appear to transition smoothly towards the edge of the floor. I wonder if they are using the full width of the floor for the tunnels some how? That could be a massive advantage if they've found a way to do that within the rules...
Does lack of undercut / outwash design on side pods make the low pressure air under the floor work 'faster'? this isn't my area
It most definitely isn’t.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑11 Feb 2022, 21:58If this is the brake duct… That’s ridiculously small!
https://i.imgur.com/VL1X9Bp.jpg