About the Mercedes rear wing (as of China).

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vonk
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Re: About the Mercedes rear wing (as of China).

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autogyro wrote:Nice pic. I still think this one is to help the boudery layer stay attached at higher angles of attack and the intake slots are far to small to blow stall the wing.
Does anyone know if the Merc rear wing moves backwards on it mountings by much at higher speeds?
Two questions:
1. Isn’t the purpose of the wing gap to energize the flow on the back side of the upper element?
2. How would the rear outlets be configured?
Techno-Babble = Meaningless use of technical terminology to feign knowledge.

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Re: About the Mercedes rear wing (as of China).

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Regard,
Nik Wan, Mechanical Designer, CATIA V5/ Solidworks/Autodesk Inventor/ AutoCAD