Cottrell's F1 Car [Model]

[CottrellGP]

Interesting new nose
I think Dom means the front wing endplates, they look very ... different

Thee nose is a couple of races old, but thanks for the amazing feedback guys

[CottrellGP]

looks like one small (half height) slot taking air under the wing, then a full height one like most outwash wings. nothing revolutionary, just a different take on the same old design me thinks. wouldn't be my choice for better performance however, the slots look too large particularly the rear one, interesting all the same.

Your right Mikey old design but i have taken some new endplates into consideration and used them on this design.

[MIKEY_!]

why did you move away from the endplateless design?

[CottrellGP]

why did you move away from the endplateless design?

Fancied a bit of innovation/change on the end plate and behind the front wing.

[N12ck]

Sometimes it can be good to back to basics with the design, sometimes designs get that complex you loose track of what is improving what, and you may get more downforce just out of a simple endplated wing design, especially considering we do not have the resources teams have

[CottrellGP]

Sometimes it can be good to back to basics with the design, sometimes designs get that complex you loose track of what is improving what, and you may get more downforce just out of a simple endplated wing design, especially considering we do not have the resources teams have

Your deffo right Nick, i just weren't happy with it so i done a much simpler front wing.

[N12ck]

run CFD on it compared to the old wing using solidworks or something,

[CottrellGP]

[quote="N12ck"]run CFD on it compared to the old wing using solidworks or something,

Good thinking , i used the autocad falcon one and there airflow looks better on this.

[N12ck]

run CFD on it compared to the old wing using solidworks or something,

Good thinking , i used the autocad falcon one and there airflow looks better on this.

I have been trying to check how good Autodesk Falcon is in comparison to Openfoam, and its figures aren't massively far away from proper CFD figures, although they dont produce Df figures, which is where Openfoam is king

[CottrellGP]

run CFD on it compared to the old wing using solidworks or something,

Good thinking , i used the autocad falcon one and there airflow looks better on this.

I have been trying to check how good Autodesk Falcon is in comparison to Openfoam, and its figures aren't massively far away from proper CFD figures, although they dont produce Df figures, which is where Openfoam is king

Ahh right i may have a look at that!

[N12ck]

Have a look at openfoam? or Falcon?

[CottrellGP]

The comparison beetween soildworks and falcon

[CottrellGP]

A very very quick idea on how my car will look at the next race! But alot better

[wesley123]

No way that floor is legal iic bodywork can be seen through the hole

[CottrellGP]

No way that floor is legal iic bodywork can be seen through the hole

You dont see bodywork, the little black piece is the other side of the opening, and its gone now anyway