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You can't drive around on bump stops. There's no ride control.swarren7 wrote: β18 May 2022, 23:23Here is my thinking. If porpoising is coming from the floor stalling when the car hits the ground why not put some type of spacer/block in the rear shocks that only allow the car to compress so much preventing the car from ever hitting the ground hence the floor would not stall and no more porpoising. Explain why this would not work.
That looks like a really tall rear wing. I'm not sure if that has been used before? DRS flap looks huge. Looks like they are still running that Miami front wing.
I suggested some time ago that they could look at using aggressive progressive springs in their suspension which allow the normal compression up to a point beyond which the resistance increases significantly. That way they still have ride control but doesn't let the car get too low. But it's probably too simple and I'm sure Merc with their clever team of Engineers would have considered this if it were viable.AR3-GP wrote: β19 May 2022, 01:46You can't drive around on bump stops. There's no ride control.swarren7 wrote: β18 May 2022, 23:23Here is my thinking. If porpoising is coming from the floor stalling when the car hits the ground why not put some type of spacer/block in the rear shocks that only allow the car to compress so much preventing the car from ever hitting the ground hence the floor would not stall and no more porpoising. Explain why this would not work.
SuperCNJ wrote: β19 May 2022, 02:32I suggested some time ago that they could look at using aggressive progressive springs in their suspension which allow the normal compression up to a point beyond which the resistance increases significantly. That way they still have ride control but doesn't let the car get too low. But it's probably too simple and I'm sure Merc with their clever team of Engineers would have considered this if it were viable.AR3-GP wrote: β19 May 2022, 01:46You can't drive around on bump stops. There's no ride control.swarren7 wrote: β18 May 2022, 23:23Here is my thinking. If porpoising is coming from the floor stalling when the car hits the ground why not put some type of spacer/block in the rear shocks that only allow the car to compress so much preventing the car from ever hitting the ground hence the floor would not stall and no more porpoising. Explain why this would not work.
However I then had another idea - why not adopt a similar system to the Specialized Brain suspension system which has been used on mountain bikes for many years. This is a fully mechanical/hydraulic system which adjusts the stiffness to the load input. It can differentiate between load applied from above the bike (e.g. from the rider) and bumps from the road beneath and adjusts accordingly. Just a thought!
The t-tray has gone from single and extremely minimal to double t-tray and the lower element is extremely blocky. Reminds me of McLaren's. Wonder if this is a general shift to a more "realistic" approach rather than chasing the figures they see in the wind tunnel
A minor miracle??!!hollus wrote: β18 May 2022, 21:59Once more. What would it take to get posters to actually pay attention to the thread rules?
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