I think you can see the air filter in this one. I assume the center-lower inlet goes to the compressor.diffuser wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 18:14Nice shot with the roll hoop off....
https://twitter.com/PhoenixSTK19/status ... 93/photo/1
I think you can see the air filter in this one. I assume the center-lower inlet goes to the compressor.diffuser wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 18:14Nice shot with the roll hoop off....
https://twitter.com/PhoenixSTK19/status ... 93/photo/1
viewtopic.php?p=1038120#p1038120AR3-GP wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 21:25I think you can see the air filter in this one. I assume the center-lower inlet goes to the compressor.diffuser wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 18:14Nice shot with the roll hoop off....
https://twitter.com/PhoenixSTK19/status ... 93/photo/1
Spot on I would say. This split turbo allows very impressive packaging. It's really incredible how short and compact the intake tract is from inlet to plenum. As Rossi said, more mass can be located closer to the center of mass (good for polar moment of inertia). Shorter ductwork and fewer pumping losses. In comparison to the Mclaren which still has sidepod air-air intercoolers, this looks so much more efficient.Blackout wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 21:29viewtopic.php?p=1038120#p1038120AR3-GP wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 21:25I think you can see the air filter in this one. I assume the center-lower inlet goes to the compressor.diffuser wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 18:14Nice shot with the roll hoop off....
https://twitter.com/PhoenixSTK19/status ... 93/photo/1
Could be to shield front tyre wake imoBlackout wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 20:45Maybe the aim of that fence is also to squeeze airflow there with the bulbous hot air outlet, like a venturi tunnel, and gain 2 seconds per lap
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https://i.imgur.com/JQ6ORGe.jpg
Think you have this black arrow air flow that comes down from between the halo and the roll hoop. That the fence holds in. is that what you're talking about ?Blackout wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 20:45Maybe the aim of that fence is also to squeeze airflow there with the bulbous hot air outlet, like a venturi tunnel, and gain 2 seconds per lap
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https://i.imgur.com/JQ6ORGe.jpg
Blackout wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 21:29viewtopic.php?p=1038120#p1038120AR3-GP wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 21:25I think you can see the air filter in this one. I assume the center-lower inlet goes to the compressor.diffuser wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 18:14Nice shot with the roll hoop off....
https://twitter.com/PhoenixSTK19/status ... 93/photo/1
IIRC, Pat Fry said as much.peewon wrote: ↑16 Mar 2022, 03:59My very amateurish impression of A522 has been that Alpine has hedged its bets on design concepts (side pods, cooling systems, etc) and tried to leave themselves with opportunity to pivot once more definitive optimal solutions emerge with time. Perhaps influenced by their lack of flexibility towards the latter years of previous regulations to make drastic changes.
https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2022 ... -the-cars/“I strongly expect there to be many differences between the cars, especially at first when we see for the very first time how we’ve all interpreted the rule book,” he concluded. “Some parts are fairly set such as the rear wing and the front wing.
“I’m sure there will be some interesting concepts that we’ll see from other teams, which we’ll assess back at base after the tests and, equally, that will work vice versa. The intrigue is all part of the excitement when you roll out of the garage for the first time at testing
diffuser wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 17:54Here you go, the side pod in all it's glory.
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... ide-1.webp
You don't think what they have they came up with themselves ?AR3-GP wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 05:35What the last couple of years showed was that Enstone doesn't have the ability to come up with good original, world beating aero concepts imo. If Pat Fry just wants to start copying other teams and seeing if Enstone can just make a good idea work even better, then that sounds like a better usage of the current resources. Enstone won't be churning out world beating concepts of their own originality in it's current guise. Not without someone like Newey or the aero gurus at Mercedes and Ferrari.
Yes and it forms a bottleneck now with the bulbous hot air exitdiffuser wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 00:15Think you have this black arrow air flow that comes down from between the halo and the roll hoop. That the fence holds in. is that what you're talking about ?Blackout wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 20:45Maybe the aim of that fence is also to squeeze airflow there with the bulbous hot air outlet, like a venturi tunnel, and gain 2 seconds per lap
viewtopic.php?p=1039821#p1039821
https://i.imgur.com/JQ6ORGe.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/9bV9bVW/FOEq-AKd-XEA47-Wjd.jpg