keysersoze
23rd March 2009, 17:57
Downforce question:
A recent report reveals that the drivers agreed that the car needs a bit more downforce.
I am not an engineer so please don't bash my obvious lack of knowledge, but doesn't their car's narrow, pointy, parallel-to-the-track nose lend itself to less downforce?
Doesn't a wide nose, like BMW's and Renault's, produce downforce? BMW even has a lip running along the outer edge of the nose that seems to channel air flow directly over the nose (and perhaps add some stability).
Doesn't a nose that turns somewhat downward, like McLaren's and Brawn's, also produce more downforce than one that is parallel to the track?
A recent report reveals that the drivers agreed that the car needs a bit more downforce.
I am not an engineer so please don't bash my obvious lack of knowledge, but doesn't their car's narrow, pointy, parallel-to-the-track nose lend itself to less downforce?
Doesn't a wide nose, like BMW's and Renault's, produce downforce? BMW even has a lip running along the outer edge of the nose that seems to channel air flow directly over the nose (and perhaps add some stability).
Doesn't a nose that turns somewhat downward, like McLaren's and Brawn's, also produce more downforce than one that is parallel to the track?