Red Bull RB13 nose: Regulatory means of legality

[Webber2011]

Simple question from a guy who has no engineering or aero experience compared to all you guys, but how long is it going to take this thing to block up with marbles and track litter ?

[TwanV]

Simple question from a guy who has no engineering or aero experience compared to all you guys, but how long is it going to take this thing to block up with marbles and track litter ?

Interesting point.. However should it would really be an issue, do the rules allow for a flush grating? Don't see a reason why not, but you never know the fia:)

[roon]

Perhaps we'll see a new pit crew position. Someone to blow compressed air through the exit of the vent. Maybe the front jack could sport such a device--a can of compressed air and a nozzle that flips up underneath the nose!

[Webber2011]

Perhaps we'll see a new pit crew position. Someone to blow compressed air through the exit of the vent. Maybe the front jack could sport such a device--a can of compressed air and a nozzle that flips up underneath the nose!

Very clever solution there mate !

I envisioned one of the pit crew trying to clear it by hand like they sometimes used to with the side pods.
With the rapidity of pit stops now there's no refuelling, that's almost impossible though.

I like your thinking

[Jolle]

Simple question from a guy who has no engineering or aero experience compared to all you guys, but how long is it going to take this thing to block up with marbles and track litter ?

This could be a feature? max downforce for qualifying and during the race it blocks off to be a little less harsh on the front tires or even to shift the balance slightly?

[roon]

Simple question from a guy who has no engineering or aero experience compared to all you guys, but how long is it going to take this thing to block up with marbles and track litter ?

This could be a feature? max downforce for qualifying and during the race it blocks off to be a little less harsh on the front tires or even to shift the balance slightly?

Ha. I like it. Additive bodywork. Maybe you could build a front wing element or turning vane out of mesh. Porous surface. Over the race you could build up a rubber surface. Run a heating element through it to make sure the rubber stays sticky.

[roon]

Perhaps we'll see a new pit crew position. Someone to blow compressed air through the exit of the vent. Maybe the front jack could sport such a device--a can of compressed air and a nozzle that flips up underneath the nose!

Very clever solution there mate !

I envisioned one of the pit crew trying to clear it by hand like they sometimes used to with the side pods.
With the rapidity of pit stops now there's no refuelling, that's almost impossible though.

I like your thinking

Thanks. These two-second pit stops make it hard to do much detail work! I suppose they could also do a nose change if things got to be a real problem. Which takes, what? Five seconds?

In the testing photos this year, I noticed they had replaced their nose-mounting hand wrenches with cordless electric screwdrivers/impact wrenches. Two guys per side, one for each of the nose fastener holes. I don't know if this is new for 2017 or not.

Four fastener-men, one nose-puller, one nose-mounter. Making these names up as I go...

[PlatinumZealot]

A comoressed air nozzle can be implemented on the front jack to blow out the nose.

[Sieper]

yes, but only if the RB13 has caught a cold.