Specific James Allen article

[Asterix]

I know that many here have found his writing to be very good, and far outweighing his seemingly daft TV commentary, but I found this article to be brilliant.

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/08/why-new-fia-...

[Paul 8v]

Very interesting, I'd love to know what the deal really is with that front wing

[mollytherocker]

Interesting stuff about the front end of the red bull car. Even if its only partly true, sounds damn clever!

I guess this is the holy grail, increased downforce with minimum drag.

I must watch those slow mo vids of the wing moving to see if any movment elsewhere is evident!

MTR

[FourWheelDrift]

He's saying similar to what I said here - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

FourWheelDrift on July 28th said:

I think under FIA test load the front wing won't flex, I also think under normal driving the front wing won't flex. I think Red Bull have perfected a system that uses the complete nose section as part of the wing flexing system, remember this whole section failed under load at Silverstone on Vettels car. It might use a clever manipulation of force transference through the nose into the front wing, possibly by channelling the extreme forces from the front suspension into the nose and front wing.

Stop copying me James, I've told you before.

[Mazda Baiter]

Worst "I told you so" thread ever!



Good article though.

[munroman]

This animation shows the wing moving up and down, but the nose section appears to be changing shape too, as if the nose flexes downwards under load.

[chris_w]

FourWheelDrift on July 28th said:

remember this whole section failed under load at Silverstone on Vettels car.

But if that 'failure' was a consequence of the new flexing system they had put on the car then why risk Vettel's result in the race by putting on a potentially unreliable new part? I think they just didn't screw it back on properly hence why they were confident putting another of the new wings (from Webber's car!) back on Vettels car.

[Marc W]

I'd agree that it looked more like a case of not screwing it on properly at Silverstone as the entire nose appeared to drop down rather than the wing itself failing.

[rufusruffcutt]

munroman said:

This animation shows the wing moving up and down, but the nose section appears to be changing shape too, as if the nose flexes downwards under load.

Great animation that. If you cover everything over below the yellow line with your hand (to take your eyes off the wishbone movement) the nose is definitely doing something at its tip. I don't think its the reflections either.
If the nose droops at speed, presumably the whole front wing assembly is lower, therefore, combine this with a flexible wing and the wing endplates nearly touch the ground creating a ground effect?

If so, clever stuff.