It's a pull rod when you see it from another angle.
What you see there is the shrouded drive-shaft. The lower control arm is actually a "reversed" triangle.
The pull rod is the one coming towards you and going down.
It's a pull rod when you see it from another angle.
They are ginourmous intentionally, if they removed the concave factor(which i'm pretty sure isn't necessary for cooling) you would see a pretty "extreme" dropping pod, the bit of bodywork that make it look "ginormous" is there because they think there's advantage to be had shaping it that way.
Looks like the "double T tray" effect that AM have.
I still think the purpose of these channels is to drive air towards the beam wing(s)PlatinumZealot wrote: β17 Feb 2022, 15:39Yes they look similar, but while I am no expect I think they are totally different functionally. The McLaren I think was focusing on getting air down to the exhaust blown diffuser and beam wing area. It also did not deal with any radiator exhaust.Holm86 wrote: β17 Feb 2022, 15:28The rear of the sidepods looks like the McLaren MP4-26 sidepods, just with a conventional intake rather than the L shape.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ia_FP3.jpg
This Ferrari though seems to be curling up the hot-air from the radiators towards to the center-line of the car to minimize the impact of slow, hot exhaust air as much as possible.
I'm pretty sure it is, they're dropping the pressure there by sheilding it with the raised outer sidepod area, to draw cooling air out of the gills better, then using that shoulder to roll it and keep it attached tightly to the centreline of the car to dump it below the rear wing
Scarbs agrees with you.PlatinumZealot wrote: β17 Feb 2022, 15:48It's a pull rod when you see it from another angle.
What you see there is the shrouded drive-shaft. The lower control arm is actually a "reversed" triangle.
The pull rod is the one coming towards you and going down.
I'm looking forward to see Kyle Engineering on YouTube analysis on it. But really, only a wind tunnel will say what is truly happening.Holm86 wrote: β17 Feb 2022, 15:57I still think the purpose of these channels is to drive air towards the beam wing(s)PlatinumZealot wrote: β17 Feb 2022, 15:39Yes they look similar, but while I am no expect I think they are totally different functionally. The McLaren I think was focusing on getting air down to the exhaust blown diffuser and beam wing area. It also did not deal with any radiator exhaust.Holm86 wrote: β17 Feb 2022, 15:28The rear of the sidepods looks like the McLaren MP4-26 sidepods, just with a conventional intake rather than the L shape.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ia_FP3.jpg
This Ferrari though seems to be curling up the hot-air from the radiators towards to the center-line of the car to minimize the impact of slow, hot exhaust air as much as possible.