Hoffman900 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 17:29
AR3-GP wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 17:18
chlebekf1 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 08:26
If the floor is not touching the asphalt, bouncing like this is decent
The floor touching the asphalt is what causes the venturi to choke, which triggers the porpoising. You cannot porpoise without first contacting the asphalt.
Not true. Vortex shedding can cause it as well, especially if the car is resonating at the same frequency of the now required mechanical springs or causing wing supports to flutter on some small level.
In my little world, we were joking about running a shaker rig in the wind tunnel, but it's not going to tell you much with the rules required 60% model.
That is amazing information. Thank you for sharing.
If this porpoising becomes a fundamental issue nearly across the board, do you think the FIA would allow electronic suspension systems to instantly solve this instead of admitting to causing yet another debacle (should it become one), and forcing a rethink of the whole concept? The 2014 engine regs would be the last FIA regs fail that comes to mind.
I understand the teams likely will fix this, but in the off chance they can’t because it’s fundamentally a flawed design...
This situation reminds me of the Grumman x29, a plane so unstable fundamentally it required a computer to remain stable.
Watching F1 since 1986.