organic wrote: ↑17 Feb 2024, 09:42
vorticism wrote: ↑17 Feb 2024, 09:37
djos wrote: ↑17 Feb 2024, 09:31
Interesting theory, my only critique is that the weight of the added plumbing would be why no one has ever done this.
I would suggest those slots are cooling for the battery and electronics which are much closer to that area that the ICE is.
Very well could be, and it could be an S-duct or some other type of duct. But the coincidence of finding slot where an engine intake is, oddly, permitted, seemed like too much of a coincidence. A question would be, why did Ferrari choose the S-duct if it's permissible to also place engine intakes there.
Well RB are switching their engine from RBPT0001 which was run for 2 years to RBPT0002 this year. Maybe this new name designation reflects the new inlets
My only question is... the rb20 roll hoop inlet is bigger than last year - if they had vertical engine inlets in the undercut would they not make the roll hoop inlet smaller?
More centerline cooling should permit smaller sidepod inlets. The Merc type pretzel shape intake on the RB20 may simply be about mass efficiency. IIRC the A shaped center section is the roll structure, an ideal structural shape, and the ears are supplemental CF bodywork for fine tuning the flow. If so that would allow them to test use various ear sizes per circuit demands.
If not that, then maybe it's a ruse. Of all the parts of the car that might be fake for launch I would say it would be the roll hoop. If they revealed RB20 with a roll hoop that had one large undivided inlet, it might have tipped people off.
The nose is real, the sidepods are real, and the shoulders are real, I'll say that much. The nose regs are watertight.
djos wrote: ↑17 Feb 2024, 09:52
djos wrote: ↑17 Feb 2024, 09:31
Interesting theory, my only critique is that the weight of the added plumbing would be why no one has ever done this.
I would suggest those slots are cooling for the battery and electronics which are much closer to that area that the ICE is.
Just out of curiosity, why would someone negatively rate a respectful counterpoint to a proposal?
Wasn't me, I can say that much for sure. My voting was switched off due to ongoing administrative issues on this forum. Regardless, what you said was correct, the purpose of the slot is still unconfirmed.
Yes it does add weight, at least conceptually. Two pipes are heavier than one. Place much lower though than a snorkel type nacelle, however you lose some of that CoG advantage with more centerline cooling.