Red Bull RB8 Renault

[GrizzleBoy]

Pic from the link (click the link for a hugemongous, very detailed pic:



Thanks for posting it, I really did start to doubt my eyes (and my memory) lol.

Btw, where is the exit for the sidepod channel? I don't see it at all and I see a double floor area between the gearbox and inside of the vertical vanes.

I thought that part was the exit for the sidepod undercut channels, but when zoomed, you can see a piece of floor creating a shadow on another piece of floor beneath it.

Looks like the exit could be the back of the piece of bodywork where the suspension work comes out of?

[Owen.C93]

Well here's the new version with big drop off and the duct. But I can't find where the duct exits in this shot though.
http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/media_images/2012-05-11/racepictures_1336727123.98.jpg

Pic from the link:

[img]http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/media_images/2012-05-11/racepictures_1336727123.98.jpg[img]

Thanks for posting it, I really did start to doubt my eyes (and my memory) lol.

It's fricking huge which is why I didn't embed it.
[img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/694/racepictures13367271239.jpg[img]

[Nando]

I thought holes in the floor was illegal?
or was it that thing about it´s only illegal if you can see the car from beneath or something?

Also wondering where the sidepod intake goes, looks like they have another intake further in.

[Huntresa]

I thought holes in the floor was illegal?
or was it that thing about it´s only illegal if you can see the car from beneath or something?

Also wondering where the sidepod intake goes, looks like they have another intake further in.

There isnt a hole in the floor, the hole isnt a hole its a cave so to speak since its above the floor. Double diffuser was a hole in the floor this isnt this is just material added upon the floor like the entire ramp for this exhaust.

[Nando]

There isnt a hole in the floor, the hole isnt a hole its a cave so to speak since its above the floor. Double diffuser was a hole in the floor this isnt this is just material added upon the floor like the entire ramp for this exhaust.

I mean the hole just in front of the rear wheel?

[GrizzleBoy]

Pic from the link (click the link for a hugemongous, very detailed pic:

http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/media_images/2012-05-11/racepictures_1336727123.98.jpg

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Thanks for posting it, I really did start to doubt my eyes (and my memory) lol.

Btw, where is the exit for the sidepod undercut channel? I don't see it at all and I see a double floor area between the gearbox and inside of the vertical vanes.

I thought that part was the exit for the sidepod undercut channels, but when zoomed, you can see a piece of floor creating a shadow on another piece of floor beneath it.

Looks like the exit could be the back of the piece of bodywork where the suspension work comes out of?

Anyone else wondering where the exit for the sidepod undercut channel is going?

[Huntresa]

Pic from the link (click the link for a hugemongous, very detailed pic:

http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/media_images/2012-05-11/racepictures_1336727123.98.jpg

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Thanks for posting it, I really did start to doubt my eyes (and my memory) lol.

Btw, where is the exit for the sidepod undercut channel? I don't see it at all and I see a double floor area between the gearbox and inside of the vertical vanes.

I thought that part was the exit for the sidepod undercut channels, but when zoomed, you can see a piece of floor creating a shadow on another piece of floor beneath it.

Looks like the exit could be the back of the piece of bodywork where the suspension work comes out of?

Anyone else wondering where the exit for the sidepod undercut channel is going?

To the middle of the car at the back, if you zoom in and look you see the bodywork continues all the way to the middle so it must exit there since holes are not allowed.

[GrizzleBoy]

Pic from the link (click the link for a hugemongous, very detailed pic:

http://www.formule1.nl/media/uploads/media_images/2012-05-11/racepictures_1336727123.98.jpg

[removed pic]

Thanks for posting it, I really did start to doubt my eyes (and my memory) lol.

Btw, where is the exit for the sidepod undercut channel? I don't see it at all and I see a double floor area between the gearbox and inside of the vertical vanes.

I thought that part was the exit for the sidepod undercut channels, but when zoomed, you can see a piece of floor creating a shadow on another piece of floor beneath it.

Looks like the exit could be the back of the piece of bodywork where the suspension work comes out of?

Anyone else wondering where the exit for the sidepod undercut channel is going?

To the middle of the car at the back, if you zoom in and look you see the bodywork continues all the way to the middle so it must exit there since holes are not allowed.

Are you talking about the back of the piece of bodywork that I mentioned where the suspension comes out of?

[richard_leeds]

It's fricking huge which is why I didn't embed it.
[img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/694/racepictures13367271239.jpg[img]

I have a (perhaps stupid) theory.
That hole at the side is just an extra cooling inlet. By doing so RB can have slightly smaller sidepods etc and reduce drag.
The exhaust-ramp is there to compensate for the distrubence created by that side inlet and letting the air round the rear speed up to a more normal pace.

[richard_leeds]

It's fricking huge which is why I didn't embed it.
[img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/694/racepictures13367271239.jpg[img]

I have a (perhaps stupid) theory.
That hole at the side is just an extra cooling inlet. By doing so RB can have slightly smaller sidepods etc and reduce drag.
The exhaust-ramp is there to compensate for the distrubence created by that side inlet and letting the air round the rear speed up to a more normal pace.

I was wondering this also so maybe I'm stupid too.

However, if it is just a cooling inlet, it's kind of wierd how at the hottest track so far (Bahrain), they chose to ditch it.

Maybe the cutout is still there to remove exterior air flows from disturbing the exuahst plume across the rear body work, but they are re-evaluating the cutout in the bridge once more now they have a new exhaust configuration.

[Owen.C93]

Theyo have some capacitors to cool in that area.

[ForMuLaOne]

They evacuate air through that "cave" or cutout to generate a vortex with the exhaust plume that is directed towards the side of the diffusor. It all happens at the rear edge of the cave, where both airflows meet. I doubt cooling function of the cave, as there is no increase in volume to slow down the airflow.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Anyone else wondering where the exit for the sidepod undercut channel is going?

Very much so. I can't find anything anywhere. No exit or anything. Very weird. Even more interesting

[zonk]

what about drive shaft?? it looks like in some hosing??
(I though it should be uncovered)

[raymondu999]

maybe they have it exiting that circular hole? Or perhaps they exit it like the E20's rad exit? Just above the diffuser?