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As the heading might reveal, i am wondering what the pros and cons of pullrod suspension are, and exactly what is the reason why teams haven't adopted this design, despite the obvious CofG benefits.
Why is this a bad thing? it allows the CofG to be placed lower, and especially the ballast. If the car was designed for the low nose/pullrod setup, then the aerodynamical disadvantages you mentioned would be minimal, and the CofG benefits massive, since the pullrods place the suspension weight already lower than pushrod, the low nose required places the weight even lower, and the ballast is very close to the ground. This gives phenomenal advantages.Im sure that a pullrod would require a keel to be placed lower than usual
The problem isn’t the nose, it’s the chassis, if you look at the Mp4-18->19B the chassis, behind the nosecone, is pretty high, just like in all the recent years cars.bernard wrote: but teams like mclaren don't have a raised nose, quite the opposite, and other teams haven't raced really high noses in years either.
No team runs the low nose though... and although nobody really use the "high nose" a variation is seen throughout the paddock... the emphasis on nose design is still clearing the flow underneath the nose.Anonymous wrote:Why is this a bad thing? it allows the CofG to be placed lower, and especially the ballast. If the car was designed for the low nose/pullrod setup, then the aerodynamical disadvantages you mentioned would be minimal, and the CofG benefits massive, since the pullrods place the suspension weight already lower than pushrod, the low nose required places the weight even lower, and the ballast is very close to the ground. This gives phenomenal advantages.Im sure that a pullrod would require a keel to be placed lower than usual
Well, if i'm not mistaken, then ferrari has only three different suspension setups per weekend to choose from. I don't remember where i red that. So then the time issue wouldn't be an issue at all.Well....the setup issue is a very important thing...in 2000 Arrows aledged that it was dropping the pull rod just because of the time it cost them in practise just to change the setup of the car!