More flexi wings

More flexi wings

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Some Gump

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12,745 posts

188 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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Watching fp1 on record.. On board with the red bull, that front wing top element is deflecting what must be a clear inch under load. Not the main plane this time - just the top element(s).

Now i appreciate that nothing is infinitely stiff - but IMO it's obviously engineered to do that - what does PH think? Clever, or 2 fingers to the "spirit" of the rules?

Some Gump

Original Poster:

12,745 posts

188 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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I'm not necessarily against it, but there is a history if "movable aerodynamic device". This is what they used ti muller Benetton's TMD - an internal, sprung thing out of the air stream.

That footage was blatent - an external, sprung thing in the airflow. If it wasn't a (passive) moveable aerodynamic device, i don't know what is...