Basically, you don’t want air to be sitting stationary above the roof as that creates a large amount of friction, rather it’s better to glide smoothly over and away from the car. Particularly if there’s a rear wing. Although rear wings are great for creating downforce, it does create...
Wind tunnels are simply hollow tubes; at one end, they have powerful fans that create a flow of air inside the tunnel. Some tunnels are desktop-sized and good for testing only very small objects. Other tunnels are massive structures in which engineers test full-size aircraft and cars. Althou...
To unlock the Hot Wheels Baja Bone Shaker, simply complete the intro to the DLC expansion. Once you have arrived at the Hot Wheels outpost, Haley throws you in this car as your car to start off the campaign with. 2. ’57 Hot Wheels Nash Metropolitan Custom A quirky car with incredibly ...
The inference is that around Monza the Red Bull would simply lose too much downforce to achieve its best lap time if they attempted to use a rear wing such as those on their two rivals. Their efficiencies in this part of the drag/downforce range are not good....
Extensive testing is done in a wind tunnel to optimize the body design for maximum downforce. The body is mounted as far back on the frame as possible -- about 5 inches (12.7 cm) back from the body location on a super-speedway car. This helps the car create extra downforce. The front...
You've got the wheels and suspension system sitting out in the open, the huge wings grabbing the air and converting it into downforce, the vents and protrusions on the body, and even the driver's helmet sitting out in the slipstream! It takes a great deal of power to overcome all of ...
Since 2011, F1 teams have relied on Pirelli, the maker of all F1 tires, to build tires that can handle the savage power and downforce produced by a Formula 1 car. “There is a balance in a lot of the choices we have. The balance is a trade-off from performance, durability, and ...
Smiggins FlushPoke Oh im sorry, I guess if the article says its clean then it has to be... APR GT wings that high create good usable downforce. Not something normally associated with the word clean. Share 8:20 amDecember 23, 2016 FlushPoke Nickgenerazio32 ??? What does my user...
The only time vertical tyre load helps traction is when you have say a rear drive car and you move the CofG rearward to put more weight over the rear wheels (same total mass). It's not the same thing as simply increasing mass with the same CofG. Also don't confuse aero ...
Naturally there are aspects of real-world racing that simulators simply can’t replicate. ‘The noise, the sound, the smell, the thrill and adrenaline, and knowing you’re risking your life’ are all aspects Feigl recognises as unique to real racing. But Broadbent feels some skills do transfe...