Also of note in this photo is the rear wing slot gap. It varies.
This shape makes the y250 stronger, and the outer edges guide air flow in a more brute-force way than the vortex made by the outwash tunnel(although there's still a vortex involved). It uses the end plate to try to steer the airflow so that it can interact with the front wheel at a certain angle.roon wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:34 pmIn roll, the anhedral* front wing elements might provide more downforce to the inside wing, and less downforce to the outside wing. Static, the lift vectors are seemingly skewed something like 15 deg from vertical. As the car rolls, the angle of the inside front wing's downforce vector will reduce more favorably to vertical. 14 deg? 13 deg?
*Or is it dihedral? Since this is negative lift.
Dihedral in aircraft is associated with stability. Could there be a similar consideration here?
Another thought: Can this be considered an inwash wing? I know it's been brought up here. A big change in philosophy if so. The Y250 vortex will be the main one forming off this wing. The endplate vortices will be so small in comparison. It makes me wonder if most of the flow off the front wing will get pulled inside or over the front wheels. Due to the strength of the Y250 and the weakness of the endplate vortices.
Also of note in this photo is the rear wing slot gap. It varies.
I can't help notice that in this high performance environment, there are no touch screens. Many knobs and buttons, but no touch screens.ESPImperium wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:53 pmAfter many years of the Ferrari steering wheel, no wonder Kimi wants a simple layout, as this was his Ferrari wheel from last year:
https://i.imgur.com/n3WWSiT.jpg
Simple layouts are better, but require more learning.
Wheels are a deeply personal thing, look at Hamilton when he went to Mercedes, he ditched 30% of the functions on his wheel, and went with a much more visual and colour based design to what Rosberg had. Less bull, more driving.
Of course. For a touch screen you need to look what you press. With buttons and knobs most of the things can be done by memory and without looking. Hence fasterbill shoe wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:08 amI can't help notice that in this high performance environment, there are no touch screens. Many knobs and buttons, but no touch screens.ESPImperium wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:53 pmAfter many years of the Ferrari steering wheel, no wonder Kimi wants a simple layout, as this was his Ferrari wheel from last year:
https://i.imgur.com/n3WWSiT.jpg
Simple layouts are better, but require more learning.
Wheels are a deeply personal thing, look at Hamilton when he went to Mercedes, he ditched 30% of the functions on his wheel, and went with a much more visual and colour based design to what Rosberg had. Less bull, more driving.
Yet on the public roads people are using touch screens all the time and (in the U.S. anyway) the accident rate (fatalities per mile) is going up again for the first time since the modern safety revolution started in the ~60s.
F1 has much to teach the world about road safety here, but we ignore it and worship at the (touch screen) altar of Steve Jobs. Until we hit the light pole.
Exactly, its safer to have a physical button or rotary then have a touch screen. Touch screens are great, but in an automotive role they are the devil and are unsafe and high risk as you are continually adjusting on them.bill shoe wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:08 amI can't help notice that in this high performance environment, there are no touch screens. Many knobs and buttons, but no touch screens.ESPImperium wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:53 pmAfter many years of the Ferrari steering wheel, no wonder Kimi wants a simple layout, as this was his Ferrari wheel from last year:
https://i.imgur.com/n3WWSiT.jpg
Simple layouts are better, but require more learning.
Wheels are a deeply personal thing, look at Hamilton when he went to Mercedes, he ditched 30% of the functions on his wheel, and went with a much more visual and colour based design to what Rosberg had. Less bull, more driving.
Yet on the public roads people are using touch screens all the time and (in the U.S. anyway) the accident rate (fatalities per mile) is going up again for the first time since the modern safety revolution started in the ~60s.
F1 has much to teach the world about road safety here, but we ignore it and worship at the (touch screen) altar of Steve Jobs. Until we hit the light pole.