Is this the first time we've seen the stays on the floor for RedBull?mclaren111 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:03https://i.ibb.co/XyxVGZv/F6i-FB-tak-AAr-fx.jpg
Big opening to diffuser...
Is this the first time we've seen the stays on the floor for RedBull?mclaren111 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:03https://i.ibb.co/XyxVGZv/F6i-FB-tak-AAr-fx.jpg
Big opening to diffuser...
No, they have been there all season.Marc.W wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:39Is this the first time we've seen the stays on the floor for RedBull?mclaren111 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:03https://i.ibb.co/XyxVGZv/F6i-FB-tak-AAr-fx.jpg
Big opening to diffuser...
I never noticed how bulbous the lower part of the sidepod is. This really shows how they are trying to create a blockage in that area. Maybe they want the sidepods to deflect the oncoming air outside the rear tyre as much as possible?
From the airflow with "flowvis" on that part, it looks more to condition and direct flow down alongside the rear wheel inside edge. The mousehole looks to control bleed into diffuser and may be the mitigation in preventing that rear area from induced too high negative load, hence preventing porpoising by giving tapered accumulation characteristic as it gets lower to ground.
Yes, looks like they're added/removed per trackSieper wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 13:00No, they have been there all season.Marc.W wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:39Is this the first time we've seen the stays on the floor for RedBull?mclaren111 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:03https://i.ibb.co/XyxVGZv/F6i-FB-tak-AAr-fx.jpg
Big opening to diffuser...
That makes sense, I guess that keeps the diffuser airflow separated and cleans up the tyre squirt that might destabilise any flow against the sidewall of the diffuser.Farnborough wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 13:19From the airflow with "flowvis" on that part, it looks more to condition and direct flow down alongside the rear wheel inside edge. The mousehole looks to control bleed into diffuser and may be the mitigation in preventing that rear area from induced too high negative load, hence preventing porpoising by giving tapered accumulation characteristic as it gets lower to ground.
Front floor strakes seem far more the source of primary outwash past rear wheel outside face, evidenced in wet conditions as speed rises.
Mousehole tailoring, sizing, appears to give focus for different downforce levels in that they seem to shift size and geometry of it.
No they've had this floor stay there since Baku 2022Marc.W wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:39Is this the first time we've seen the stays on the floor for RedBull?mclaren111 wrote: ↑21 Sep 2023, 12:03https://i.ibb.co/XyxVGZv/F6i-FB-tak-AAr-fx.jpg
Big opening to diffuser...
They are for drag reduction. It's how they are deflect and mostly interacting with the flow feild between body and the floor edge.
I think it's more about how the air strikes the sidepods first under yaw.
Bulbous bits on aircraft? Are you referring to the Area Rule? That's a transonic design system and not really applicable to the flow around an F1 sidepod.
... or the rear tyre face.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑28 Sep 2023, 01:12Bulbous bits on aircraft? Are you referring to the Area Rule? That's a transonic design system and not really applicable to the flow around an F1 sidepod.
RB's bulbous sidepods appear to be guiding a vortex, or some other flow structure,(judging from the flow viz seen earlier in the season) to the rear of the car and possibly to the mousehole area.