Honda F1 project leader Yusuke Hasegawa has outlined a number of reasons why Honda has been struggling so badly in the beginning of the 2017 Formula One season. He confirmed that lots of problems were not discovered while running on the dynamo meter.
Well, they didn't have those problems in the previous 2 race weekends. So what is the difference between Melbourne / Beijing and Bahrein? I can think of the warmer weather and sand, although there are probably more differences.
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
Honda Performance Development, based in US creating indy engine and aero. Honda Research n Development in Sakura, japan create F1 engine
ok sorry let me rephrase myself mclaren achieved only one WCC title while with Mercedes for 22 years.
Interesting article but I will be skeptical with their postings. Before 2016 winter testing they had reported that the ICE from 2016 spec Honda engine would match Mercedes.dr_cooke wrote: ↑19 Apr 2017, 11:47MARCA stating (source?) that the main weakness causing most of teh failures this year is down to using ball bearings in the MGUH, instead of hydrodinamic bearings (excuse my english, would you actually call them hydrodinamic bearings?). Not saying that they are so much skilled technically wise in MARCA, the article is plagued with inaccuracies, but may it be possible that HONDA is using ball bearings? (or roller, I do not think MARCA would be able to tell one from the other)
LINK:http://www.marca.com/motor/formula1/201 ... b463b.html
Hydrodynamic bearings = journal bearings or the same bearings the crankshaft and rods use. Roller bearings, most likely ceramic bearings as they deal with rotational speeds better than steel cage bearings with lower lubrication requirements, and are non conductive(Important for the mgu-H). The downside is they are a bit more brittle so more sensitive to vibrations.dr_cooke wrote: ↑19 Apr 2017, 11:47MARCA stating (source?) that the main weakness causing most of teh failures this year is down to using ball bearings in the MGUH, instead of hydrodinamic bearings (excuse my english, would you actually call them hydrodinamic bearings?). Not saying that they are so much skilled technically wise in MARCA, the article is plagued with inaccuracies, but may it be possible that HONDA is using ball bearings? (or roller, I do not think MARCA would be able to tell one from the other)
LINK:http://www.marca.com/motor/formula1/201 ... b463b.html
Why not teflon bearings?godlameroso wrote: ↑19 Apr 2017, 13:28Hydrodynamic bearings = journal bearings or the same bearings the crankshaft and rods use. Roller bearings, most likely ceramic bearings as they deal with rotational speeds better than steel cage bearings with lower lubrication requirements, and are non conductive(Important for the mgu-H). The downside is they are a bit more brittle so more sensitive to vibrations.dr_cooke wrote: ↑19 Apr 2017, 11:47MARCA stating (source?) that the main weakness causing most of teh failures this year is down to using ball bearings in the MGUH, instead of hydrodinamic bearings (excuse my english, would you actually call them hydrodinamic bearings?). Not saying that they are so much skilled technically wise in MARCA, the article is plagued with inaccuracies, but may it be possible that HONDA is using ball bearings? (or roller, I do not think MARCA would be able to tell one from the other)
LINK:http://www.marca.com/motor/formula1/201 ... b463b.html
Engine does sound like it's running closer to TDC (timing advance is not accurate as that only applies to regular engines without fancy combustion tech)
