Dedicated 2026 regs front wing thread

[TeamKoolGreen]

There's going to be a lot of focus on the front wing and all the new moving parts for X mode.

Here on Twitter , someone finally put some visuals to the idea. This could probably work. See link for video of deployment


https://x.com/Qvist_Designs/status/1861 ... 3cGLA&s=19

[PapayaFan481]

For anyone like me who doesn't use X, that same user is on Instagram and has also posted it on there. Same handle.

[organic]

There's going to be a lot of focus on the front wing and all the new moving parts for X mode.

Here on Twitter , someone finally put some visuals to the idea. This could probably work. See link for video of deployment
https://i.postimg.cc/J7D5sdFW/Screensho ... 2752-X.jpg

[dialtone]

The attachment point being in the center seems off, that whole rotation in the video is definitely confusing my brain quite a lot. Other than that seems like a plausible mechanism. I think you may want the pivot point to be behind the attachment or the attachment to be more forward if it's going to rotate it upwards. The way it is in the picture makes me think it will just flex the wing upwards without rotation.

[BassVirolla]

The attachment point being in the center seems off, that whole rotation in the video is definitely confusing my brain quite a lot. Other than that seems like a plausible mechanism. I think you may want the pivot point to be behind the attachment or the attachment to be more forward if it's going to rotate it upwards. The way it is in the picture makes me think it will just flex the wing upwards without rotation.

I think it works because in the render, the attachment point is forward of the rotating axis, thanks to the swept back form of the wing. But the perspective in the video looks like the wing is barely swept back / nearly straight.

But looks like a critical / at limit design. One of these things that work in non flexing and no friction simulation.