HILTON wrote:am i right in saying that the step nose would be the point of most downward pressure and the mclaren nose having more downward pressure being exerted at the front??
if this is the case would mclaren not be more beneficial by having more grip on the front end? or does the step nose put pressure closer to the middle of the car thus producing a more equal balance between front and back down force?
i dont know much about areo so if i sound like i have just smoked crack i apologise
Your right about a low nose in itself producing more downforce than a raised nose. In fact, the old conventional low noses of the 80s and early 90s produce more downforce than the noses now.
However we got rid of those noses and went to raised ones because it was realised you can maximise the air flow under the nose that goes to the sidepods, floor, bargebaords and helps the front wing work better. There is more downforce to be had in this and less drag.
What we have seen last year by very high noses is just an attempt to amplify the above. McLaren have a complicated splitter under the nose and have decided to keep with a lower profile arrangement. You can't just wack a new nose onto a car because everyone else has one, the airflow under the nose is tuned in with the aero package of the rest of the car. And why should McLaren change it now, with those horrific bumps appearing on the rest of the field's cars
On step noses, no they dont really move around the aero balance they are just a neccesity for teams to continue to run high noses in spite of regulations trying to stop them.
