Quantum wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 10:56
The undercut seems false economy to me when the midsection goes out so wide.
The sloping top section of the side pod is the focus, as the angle of the lower portion of the pod below the intake is angled much like a second barge board.
Severe undercuts in previous years was for getting a cleaner flow on the floor top section. This appears to be a secondary outwash manipulation flow from front of the floor.
The midsection is very bulky, as it goes wide at the hips. Which makes the "Side pod undercut" not the charged coke bottle flow that teams like Merc are attempting.
They have beam wing now, so maybe flow over floor and diffuser is not so important now.
better to manage flow slightly higher up in line with beam wing, gradual sloping sidepod used to manage flow better to beam wing?
maybe some CFD analysis van be done?