Alpine A522

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RedNEO
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Render floor now bolted on
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diffuser wrote:
23 Feb 2022, 03:06
Motorsport.com said that the A522's wheelbase was shorter than everyone else, less than the max was the term they used, and where likely at the minimum weight. The other teams will probably struggle to get there. Not sure how they know that.
Got a link?

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Have we confirmed the suspension config for Alpine this year guys?

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RedNEO wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 12:02
Render floor now bolted on
Would be great to know if front floor add-on parts move as much as they did on the promo shoot day..

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Blackout wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 13:01
diffuser wrote:
23 Feb 2022, 03:06
Motorsport.com said that the A522's wheelbase was shorter than everyone else, less than the max was the term they used, and where likely at the minimum weight. The other teams will probably struggle to get there. Not sure how they know that.


Got a link?

https://it.motorsport.com/f1/new ... 374236/

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Broken ?

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What's this ?

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Blackout
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Laser ride height sensor like this?
https://www.cosworth.com/wp-content/upl ... gLarge.jpg
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diffuser wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 15:40
Blackout wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 13:01
diffuser wrote:
23 Feb 2022, 03:06
Motorsport.com said that the A522's wheelbase was shorter than everyone else, less than the max was the term they used, and where likely at the minimum weight. The other teams will probably struggle to get there. Not sure how they know that.
Got a link?
https://it.motorsport.com/f1/new ... 374236/
Thanks.

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Very small cooling opening at the back:

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Improvised cut out on the floor of the A522, according to Formula1.com in order to deal with porpoising, shedding downforce

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nice clean head-on profile view of the A522
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SmallSoldier wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 20:27
Improvised cut out on the floor of the A522, according to Formula1.com in order to deal with porpoising, shedding downforce

https://i.imgur.com/DNin2uK.jpg
It's to increase mass flow into the diffuser. Most venturi tunnels have the tunnel and an air jet that blows towards the outlet. The strakes create high pressure high energy outwashed air, might as well shove it into the diffuser expansion to aid suction through the throat and aid flow attachment. In a way being more efficient with that high energy air that would otherwise be wasted as outwash.

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It's digital angle meter, they use it to determine the angle of attack

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neoteck-Waterp ... B01MAZJSCQ

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