Moveable rear wing video
Moveable rear wing video
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johnaachen

Original Poster:

668 posts

246 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Apologies if repost....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edEx4nXdIlY&fea...

Do all the wings work the same way i.e. the centre section changing? I am surprised by how much the wing changes it's profile!

JustNeil

636 posts

256 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Yup, should all work the same. Slot gap is mandated at 10mm, but can open to 50mm. Doesn't sound like much, but looks a lot when you see it like that. I'm surprised how quick it opens & closes.

Thanks for that, I've not seen that video before.

Life Saab Itch

37,069 posts

217 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Cheers for that.

Such a shame they won't be able to use it all the time like that when racing.

Button said it made a hell of a difference when following the Renault down the straight.

LocoBlade

7,653 posts

285 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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As mentioned they'll all work the same way, its mandated to work like that with the pivot at the top so the bottom opens up as a degree of failsafe, in that if the mechanism were to break, the downforce acting on the flap would naturally try to close the flap and default to high downforce configuration. Its not completely failsafe as the hydraulic mechanism could still jam up preventing it closing, but its better than pivoting around the leading edge and dropping the trailing edge.