And how should Scarbs know that? He’s in the same boat with us.AR3-GP wrote: ↑22 Feb 2023, 18:05RB might have an S-duct, among other things that they didn't want anyone to see:
https://i.postimg.cc/15h2jXDf/image.png
He knew about merc's zeropods prior to Bahrain testing last year. He's not in the same boat with us at all.LM10 wrote: ↑22 Feb 2023, 21:43And how should Scarbs know that? He’s in the same boat with us.AR3-GP wrote: ↑22 Feb 2023, 18:05RB might have an S-duct, among other things that they didn't want anyone to see:
https://i.postimg.cc/15h2jXDf/image.png
Thank you! Finally someone who actually explains correctly why Ferrari has the S-Duct there!PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑23 Feb 2023, 02:01The ferrari has a good reason for the s-duct. Its side pod has a very flat front that creates a high pressure zone to squeeze air to the side. That action creates some stagnation across the face... It's not boundary layer as people are saying. Boundary layer problems wont occur there at all. We see this every year when teams run flow vis on the side if the chassis. Air flow is well attached. I think what Ferrari are doing is either one of four things I think: 1) bleeding off pressure to creating a certain pressure profile in front of the floor. 2) cheap cooling 3) S-duct to clean up top-of side pod flow 4) A type of F-duct that works automatically like Mercedes W01 rear wing.
So back to Red Bull.. The redBull side pod doesn't really have as much pressure infront of it unless RedBull purposely does a flat face section just in the corner like Ferrari for this purpose... And RedBull likely doesn't even need that if they have very clean top-of side pod flow. Images aren't sharp enough yet to see down into that corner of the side pod.
Well it seems amr are trying out the duct so we will see if it only works for Ferrari concept. Besides, Ferrari hardly have the blunt sidepods anymore. The undercut is far smoother and deeper than last yearPlatinumZealot wrote: ↑23 Feb 2023, 02:01The ferrari has a good reason for the s-duct. Its side pod has a very flat front that creates a high pressure zone to squeeze air to the side. That action creates some stagnation across the face... It's not boundary layer as people are saying. Boundary layer problems wont occur there at all. We see this every year when teams run flow vis on the side if the chassis. Air flow is well attached. I think what Ferrari are doing is either one of four things I think: 1) bleeding off pressure to creating a certain pressure profile in front of the floor. 2) cheap cooling 3) S-duct to clean up top-of side pod flow 4) A type of F-duct that works automatically like Mercedes W01 rear wing.
So back to Red Bull.. The redBull side pod doesn't really have as much pressure infront of it unless RedBull purposely does a flat face section just in the corner like Ferrari for this purpose... And RedBull likely doesn't even need that if they have very clean top-of side pod flow. Images aren't sharp enough yet to see down into that corner of the side pod.
Kyle Engineers:PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑23 Feb 2023, 02:01The ferrari has a good reason for the s-duct. Its side pod has a very flat front that creates a high pressure zone to squeeze air to the side. That action creates some stagnation across the face... It's not boundary layer as people are saying. Boundary layer problems wont occur there at all.
Quite similar looking from that view to last season:organic wrote: ↑23 Feb 2023, 07:50https://i.imgur.com/cFDsDQl.png
From Twitter. We have subverted their barricades