Mercedes W17

[cirrusflyer]

https://i.postimg.cc/nzjr78VP/image.png

I'm not sure what the word for it is, but it's interesting that they are using "transition tape" on the underside of the wing. The yellow picket fence. The purpose would be to transition the boundary layer on the underside of the wing from laminar to turbulent. You don't normally see this.

Hi!
It is called turbolator tape. Widely used in soaring. It produces tiny wortices and prevent forming of separation bubble (significant increase of drag) on airfoils used on glider wings.
Read more here:
https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/portalf ... 042016.pdf

And even better here:
https://medium.com/rc-soaring-digest/re ... 67932ebcb8


And simpler explanation of a guy on reddit :
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gliding/commen ... ator_tape/

Cheers,
Dusan

[Lasssept]

Thomas Maher

[AR3-GP]

Yeah definetely a new rear wing spec on the Merc. That wing is tiny.

[HungarianRacer]

One upgrade not listed is the rear heat exhaust outlet (rear opening of the engine cover), which is extremely tight now, Alpine-style... Which is strange, since it was a listed item last time they modified it...

Does anyone have a decent picture of it?

[AR3-GP]

One upgrade not listed is the rear heat exhaust outlet (rear opening of the engine cover), which is extremely tight now, Alpine-style... Which is strange, since it was a listed item last time they modified it...

Does anyone have a decent picture of it?

[HungarianRacer]

One upgrade not listed is the rear heat exhaust outlet (rear opening of the engine cover), which is extremely tight now, Alpine-style... Which is strange, since it was a listed item last time they modified it...

Does anyone have a decent picture of it?

https://i.postimg.cc/FzMQXC2r/image.png

You beat me to it

Slightly higher resolution:

[Lasssept]