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Ha! that is a great quotation.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:13 amAs Patrick Head said: "titanium is for people who can't design properly with aluminium". I guess his thoughts still shape the ethos of the team even now in some ways.
Carbon casing is lighter, which means you can place more ballast lower down, which lowers COG and improves performance.TwanV wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:00 amBefore we dismiss Williams for this, out of curiosity isn't an alu casing just common sense? what exactly is the benefit of a carbon housing for a gearbox? Aren't cars run with ballast in the regions of the car where the gearbox resides anyway?
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Given Paddy Lowe's comment that "..the potential benefits don’t outweigh the cost" I have some doubts that this CoG difference between the two is very substantial (with ballast), particularly since this has not been on their priority list since 2007.ScrewCaptain27 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:25 amCarbon casing is lighter, which means you can place more ballast lower down, which lowers COG and improves performance.TwanV wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:00 amBefore we dismiss Williams for this, out of curiosity isn't an alu casing just common sense? what exactly is the benefit of a carbon housing for a gearbox? Aren't cars run with ballast in the regions of the car where the gearbox resides anyway?
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Which is why he says the cost/benefit makes it not worth doing right now.
Mirror face is curved as wellScrewCaptain27 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:31 pmThe mirrors have a weird concave shape:
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