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Mercedes AMG have today completed their shakedown of the W03, the team's new 2012 car. After the team decided to run at last week's Jerez test with the older car, Mercedes will present its new car to the public next Tuesday at the start of testing at Barcelona.
But there's the point mep, an active- reactive- or passive orifice could, just like on the MP4-12C, make an ARB redundant.mep wrote:Maybe the system just doesnt feature a anti roll bar which might explain their problems with the rear suspension.
Scarbs noted that it looked like there were connections for an anti roll bar on top of the gearbox. He thought that possibly the team ran one earlier in the season, but the hydraulic set-up was perhaps the upgrade to solve their rear tire issues.mep wrote:Maybe the system just doesnt feature a anti roll bar which might explain their problems with the rear suspension.
Maybe to control the pitch of the car?ringo wrote:Why do the front and the back need to be linked in the case of F1?
And who says a passive system will react fast enough to be of any use.
Well I also like the idea especially because I already had this one at least 3 years ago. Unfortunatelly I am not in charge to implement it to a race car. At least I can see them now doing it.xpensive wrote:But there's the point mep, an active- reactive- or passive orifice could, just like on the MP4-12C, make an ARB redundant.mep wrote:Maybe the system just doesnt feature a anti roll bar which might explain their problems with the rear suspension.
Gaawd how I love that MGP layout, just turn it upside-down to make it a push-rod and I can die a happy man!
Yeah based on the article itself it seems like Mercedes is not taking part at all in the first test but of course I don't hope thats trueNewtonMeter wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96869
What do you all make of this? A point of mild concern for me is that it seems to imply that Merc will not participate at all during the first test. I sort of assumed that they will participate, but with a modified W02.
I wonder why they would miss it though? Perhaps designing and manufacturing the modified W02 parts would take up too much time.
A bit dissapointed, tbh. I was curious to see what they will bring to the test.
scarbs wrote:More on the Mercedes hydraulic suspension...
The engineer most likely responsible for it is Rob Tuluie, he was at Renault when they developed their hydraulic interlinked suspension in 2009. His work on the front to rear interlinking lead to the discovery of the inertance of the fluid in the long lines and hence to the Fluid Inerter patent. Tuluie has since left Renault for Mercedes.
Renault as well as Ferrari and Marussia have these systems. While I know Williams other teams are looking at this, as are other teams if they do not already have it.
It interlinks front to rear, the main gain is the reduction in nose down pitch from aero loads or under braking. something not achievable in a practical way with mechanical suspension links. This gain is to allow lower static front wing ride heights, that do not degrade with speed or weight transfer.