I was curious as to the design of F1 oil tanks for the dry sump systems, which seem to me to be similar to sports car systems as well. I can't seem to find any information quickly on the web though. I managed to turn up a mysterious photobucket pic of a honda oil tank sectioned which showed a nice oil pickup inside a carbon tank but otherwise haven't seen much.
Mainly I am interested in the following:
how is deaeration handled on the return flow?
how is the sump area designed to offset vehicle g loading to provide high quality oil under all accel conditions?
is the oil tank pressurized to achieve the sump operating conditions?
how much oil is consumed by the engine during a race event?
anybody got any insight?
Thanks,
Brandon