Look at the front wing, the RB8 is much lower than the M4-27.Owen.C93 wrote:Very shallow RW for the RB8,
Look at the front wing, the RB8 is much lower than the M4-27.Owen.C93 wrote:Very shallow RW for the RB8,
What I find somewhat interesting is that the RB8 approach uses a wing that's basically a slanted airfoil with the flap and the main plane at the same angle. The McLaren seems a bit more "L" shaped; where there is an angle between the main plane and the flap.Owen.C93 wrote:Very shallow RW for the RB8,
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Why is it that the Ferrari nose is the shortest and the only car where the nose is shorter than the front wing?chepoi wrote:Nose of 2012:
I think it's more down to the camber of the airfoil. In that one shot, the McL has a higher camber (more curved) wing so that by the time you get to the flap it's more vertical, whereas the RB is low camber so the entire setup is more flat.raymondu999 wrote:What I find somewhat interesting is that the RB8 approach uses a wing that's basically a slanted airfoil with the flap and the main plane at the same angle. The McLaren seems a bit more "L" shaped; where there is an angle between the main plane and the flap.Owen.C93 wrote:Very shallow RW for the RB8,
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who is to say that mclaren could have been on a 'cooling down' lap and was simply getting out of the way and going slow, you cant get anything from this image IMOdave34m wrote:Look at the front wing, the RB8 is much lower than the M4-27.Owen.C93 wrote:Very shallow RW for the RB8,
Is better now?richard_leeds wrote:There is a better scale length that I used last year. The regs specify a fixed dimension from front of the front wing to the front axle. It is roughly 1000, so that would give more accurate scaling. You need to use the leading edge of the nearside endplate to the centre of the wheel as they are roughly in the same plane.ovidiulucaci wrote:2012 Cars
I have made some measurements based on the front rim diameter and the article from f1 regulation manual (12.4.4 Wheel bead diameter must lie between 328 and 332mm).
I have taken 330mm as default rim diameter to all cars.