bmw steering wheel

kk · Post 07 Apr 2006, 03:53

Could anyone explain please what the 'wing' control does?

West · Post 07 Apr 2006, 05:19

Probably sends a signal to the pits to adjust DF on the pit stop

manchild · Post 07 Apr 2006, 10:13

West wrote:Probably sends a signal to the pits to adjust DF on the pit stop

Why would than there be 0 and neutral (NT) positions?

zac510 · Post 07 Apr 2006, 13:42

West wrote:Probably sends a signal to the pits to adjust DF on the pit stop

According to a fellow on Atlas, that is exactly what it does.

kk · Post 07 Apr 2006, 20:02

manchild wrote:
West wrote:Probably sends a signal to the pits to adjust DF on the pit stop
Why would than there be 0 and neutral (NT) positions?

Thanks guys!

West, zac510, what does DF stand for? Is it front wing? And indeed, as manchild noticed, why there are 0 and NT settings then? If it is to tell pit crew to make wing ajustment I would imagine that 0 is initial setting and NT means that the wing needs to be replaced. But why 'NT'? Or is it INT?

West · Post 07 Apr 2006, 20:11

DF looks like differential settings

0 on wing can probably be default setting and NT can probably mean 50/50 aero split required

kk · Post 07 Apr 2006, 21:19

kk wrote: Could anyone explain please what the 'wing' control does?

West wrote: Probably sends a signal to the pits to adjust DF on the pit stop

West, I think I am lost. Was your reply about the 'wing' control?

kk · Post 07 Apr 2006, 21:21

West wrote: 0 on wing can probably be default setting and NT can probably mean 50/50 aero split required

I think, I know even less than I thought...

What is 50/50 aero split? What does the NT stand for in that case?

manchild · Post 07 Apr 2006, 21:37

Just zoomed the pic - there are 9 positions for knob and it is on -1 while tail of the knob covers mark for position after +3. So apart from NT,-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2,+3 you have another postiton after +3 which changes the story especialy since it is not +4 but some letter mark.

NT, 0, X = 3 unknown postions/functions.

West · Post 08 Apr 2006, 08:21

A 50/50 aero split would help balance the car into neutral steering, although downforce amounts would be different. In other words, the car will feel neutral, hence the NT. Again, this would be a guess.

Looking closely at the knobs, there is a colored pointer and a darker, black pointer. They could symbolize the gains or reductions of downforce in the front or rear.

manchild · Post 08 Apr 2006, 12:59

Tail is there just to ease the truning ot the knob... it is pretty standard feature for such switches.

West · Post 08 Apr 2006, 20:18

You're right; didn't notice they are 180 degrees from each other

MrT · Post 09 Apr 2006, 10:35

Id be suprised if it actually has anything to do with wings. Afterall they have radios......

Post 09 Apr 2006, 13:19

Well it's likely to be a setting for the driver to let the pit know what the car's behaviour is. With that the team would have a graph showing which laps the car was not behaving well, and after which they could try to search for a solution in the next race.

For instance, good behaviour with high fuel, oversteer with lighter fuel load or something. They can see that on a graph then rather than hearing it from the driver after the race.

RH1300S · Post 09 Apr 2006, 13:46

MrT wrote:Id be suprised if it actually has anything to do with wings. Afterall they have radios......

The thing about radios is you can misunderstand words. A system like this would give a very simple/clear piece of information back to the pits........