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RGAEDA
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I think the driver can see it in the rearview mirrors. Check this video out from 2018 when the rear wings were sitting low, I'm not sure whether it's the camera angle or it's the normal case but we can see the rear wing in the right rearview mirror.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y243oh2Ryw


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I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
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SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21
I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
If that was all it did, wouldn't a simple coil spring suffice?

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SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21
I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
Yes, the bib touches the ground quite often, not only on curbs. The spring and the associated damper are used to manage this impacts.

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Zynerji wrote:
26 May 2022, 15:13
SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21
I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
If that was all it did, wouldn't a simple coil spring suffice?
You also need some sort of damping to prevent the bib from starting oscillating.

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Zynerji wrote:
26 May 2022, 15:13
SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21
I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
If that was all it did, wouldn't a simple coil spring suffice?
It looks like a stack of belleville washers and an adjustment nut. It does not get much simpler than that. With a coil spring you would get much lower spring rates.

Edit: @matteosc, the inherit damping of the bib material and spring stack will be enough to prevent unwanted oscillation.

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SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21
I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
Still puts me in mind of a mass damper.
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Big Tea wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:02
SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21
I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
Still puts me in mind of a mass damper.
I think a mass damper is only really effective if it's cantilevered over the axles (front or rear, not midship).

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Zynerji wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:10
Big Tea wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:02
SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21


I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
Still puts me in mind of a mass damper.
I think a mass damper is only really effective if it's cantilevered over the axles (front or rear, not midship).
Not even to dam proposing swings?
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Big Tea wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:31
Zynerji wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:10
Big Tea wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:02


Still puts me in mind of a mass damper.
I think a mass damper is only really effective if it's cantilevered over the axles (front or rear, not midship).
Not even to dam proposing swings?
I think it would need to be behind the rear axle to damp the porpoising if it was a mass damper...

marcel171281
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A mass damper this small at this location to counteract the forces of the porpoising? Forget it, not going to happen.

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TimW wrote:
26 May 2022, 15:41
Zynerji wrote:
26 May 2022, 15:13
SiLo wrote:
26 May 2022, 14:21


I'm still very intrigued as to the purpose of this spring looking contraption at this part of the car. I can only assume the bib can actually flex somewhat under load and this stop it from snapping. So if they go over a curb hard this flexes the floor rather than having a rigid section that would just break.
If that was all it did, wouldn't a simple coil spring suffice?
It looks like a stack of belleville washers and an adjustment nut. It does not get much simpler than that. With a coil spring you would get much lower spring rates.

Edit: @matteosc, the inherit damping of the bib material and spring stack will be enough to prevent unwanted oscillation.
It is possible, but not necessarily always true. If a team has a damper, it probably is necessary, at least in their case.

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Zynerji wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:48
Big Tea wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:31
Zynerji wrote:
26 May 2022, 16:10


I think a mass damper is only really effective if it's cantilevered over the axles (front or rear, not midship).
Not even to dam proposing swings?
I think it would need to be behind the rear axle to damp the porpoising if it was a mass damper...
Agree, it would not do much at the bib. Also, mass dampers are illegal.

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Can someone explain this mechanically? Its probably the largest spring/damper on the car and they have rarely been there before. the t-tray stay was always a thin rod for stiffness, but the rules allow this new spring setup but why, curbs is it? Mitigating some form of compression between the monocoque and the floor, but the floor is only allowed to 'lightly' scrape across the track anyway or is the floor that stiff now it can resist the compression from above (what is generating DF in that area as its the entrance to the tunnel) come to think of it, its probably to keep the front of the floor from lifting...

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