N12ck's 2013 F1 Car Concept

[N12ck]

Hi Everyone, its that time of the year again!

Where F1 Cars start appearing, so I thought I'd share my own, along with a nice video of it, (The video capture of the car accidentally deleted the inside wheels so apologies for that) There are 1 or 2 features missing, but I will upload the car anyway.

I have spent a long time on this one, so please be nice

Enjoy
Thanks
Nick
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke_uSy161as[/youtube]

[CottrellGP]

Hi Nick is this for the 2013 Utopia season, and did you make this on sketchup?

[N12ck]

This is just for a nice model I made, and I just named utopia because I like that word, and yes

[CottrellGP]

This is just for a nice model I made, and I just named utopia because I like that word, and yes

Very nice, does it work in the CFD? and ive complete mine too! also how did you make the front wing?

[lukeaar]

Are you sure the intake is big enough?

[wesley123]

Dat footplate area

[jordangp]

Nice to see some of the concepts I pioneered are still in use today

That footplate area does look quite large, but I'm presuming its legal, and just looks that way because you have a small venturi channel?

[CottrellGP]

And what did you pioneer?

[N12ck]

Hi, the footplate is legal, just on the limit of the regs, and yes the venturis are small, and this is not a CFD model, this is a show model, as there is no way I could design a wing that complex and fully understand it at this current moment, this car is more about what my vision of a 2013 f1 car would look like if I was the designer,

[wesley123]

Would love to see some more detailed images

[CottrellGP]

What technique did you use for the front wing nick?

[N12ck]

Well I thought I may render a mockup of what the launch would be like:

[N12ck]

What technique did you use for the front wing nick?

Drag and pull and shrink technique, many many hours

[CottrellGP]

What technique did you use for the front wing nick?

Drag and pull and shrink technique, many many hours

Thought so

[Aussie]

After seeing what Lotus has done with their car, are you going to borrow any of their ideas??