turbof1 wrote:Personally I feel they have to do that else they have stalling issues at the wing tips. Under load the upper tip could be pressed in the lower one, choking air there and dissipating the crucial Y250 vortex.
Normally strakes underneath the front wing should take care of this, giving enough rigidity to the elements. It could be they are using the strakes different. But that's difficult to tell since there are no pictures of the underside of the FW.
Or it could be something else. I can draw lines and vortices in my head. Having an idea about the patterns isn't the issue.
In my opinion it must be Y250 vortex generator. And if i assume right you could also know its way of rotaion in its very possible direction of rotation (anti direction like diffuzor vortex). That parameters is pretty easy to guess. According my reading of many articles, tech analysis, fluid dynamics etc. they use it in control of tire wake and it helps managing unsteady (when car is in yaw and tow) flow toward floor (prevent stall diffuzor from side=more consistent downforce).
Further interaction of Y250 vortex on F14T with combination of that low nose and strakes under monoque which contributes crucial role in shaping of flow and also vortices's toward under pullrod, bargeboards=> sidepods, floors... That must be also take into account and be mentioned.
But how EXACTLY it interact with rest of the car i had no knowledge or courage to take that statement. So @F1Turbo, try do wonders.. Bv. nice work.
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