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Ok guys so here she is. Its a basic launch version with one months worth of testing to come.

It seems to be a coherent project and with clear ideas!

yes, i've stuck with 1 or 2 ideas from the start. Hopefully i can get it work so

ok, nice start! The design philosophy is not too different from mine...it'll be interenting to see whether we'll come up with similar solutions at the end of the development.

BTW, despite the colour, i doubt you'll get any sponsorship from Pfizer

Which looks best:

LB R46ING
13 RACING
LB 24CING

The first one!

Looking good so far! I haven't followed the new F1 regulations, could anybody simplify them for me please?

Thought i'd post a quick update for the monaco spec (proper renders will be uploaded on the website soon)

Updates since the launch version:
New Diffuser
New Rear wing
Front wing vanes
Turning vanes
Sidepod vanes
Front wing pylons
Mirrors

I see that there was a finishing job everywhere on your car!

So here are my renders, based on Race 2

updates were minimal and minor adjustments. the big updates never got finished so will move on to race 3

Updated: splitter, floor, diffuser, adjusted rear wing for this race

Looks good!
I notice some vortex generators on the sidepods...have you tested them yet? I never did it on my car, for the moment, so i'm quite curious...but i'm also scared about how they would react to the relatively big mesh size of the sidepods.

BTW may i suggest a couple of bargeboards? They should give quite a gain in terms of DF.

I cant get good results from bardgeboards. Never have any tips?

They gave me an improvement in df and slight increase in drag. I guess the df increase was from reducing the lift created from the sidepods?

I have the same problems with the bardgeboards: I finally decided to take them off.

About bardgeboards: they immediately gave a DF improvement of +3%...not bad considering the very small drag penalty. Some tuning will increase the downforce by a good amont of newtons...

astracrazy wrote:I guess the df increase was from reducing the lift created from the sidepods?

From what i observed, a bardgeboard works in 3 different ways: it causes a pressure differential that 1=extracts air from under the nose, helping front DF; 2=creates a vortex (which means low pressure and energized airflow) that goes under the floor, helping middle and rear DF; 3=creates a vortex that goes over the floor and plays with the sidepods.

sorry

They gave me an improvement in df and slight increase in drag. I guess the df increase was from reducing the lift created from the sidepods?

was about the generators on the sidepod