2012 Testing

Re: 2012 Testing#292550

By stonemonkey - 05 Mar 12, 14:23

- 05 Mar 12, 14:23#292550

Could the exhaust gasses change where they flow depending on the speed of the car?

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Re: 2012 Testing#292552

By scotty - 05 Mar 12, 14:32

- 05 Mar 12, 14:32#292552

Could the exhaust gasses change where they flow depending on the speed of the car?

Yes.

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Re: 2012 Testing#292553

By stonemonkey - 05 Mar 12, 14:35

- 05 Mar 12, 14:35#292553

Could the exhaust gasses change where they flow depending on the speed of the car?

Yes.

As extreme a difference of either going over the upper surface or going down to the slot as in Buds pic?

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Re: 2012 Testing#292555

By scotty - 05 Mar 12, 14:41

- 05 Mar 12, 14:41#292555

Ah, i see what you we getting at in the first place now soz. :hehe:

I personally don't know for absolute definite either way. I don't believe such a highly powered, high velocity gas such as that could get sucked down and under the bodywork like that though, even at very high speed. You see that small piece of bodywork in front of the rear wheel? I would suspect that is there to channel the exhaust gas.

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Re: 2012 Testing#292556

By spankyham - 05 Mar 12, 14:43

- 05 Mar 12, 14:43#292556

Interesting diag and comments from Bud and Beam-Me-Up, a couple of clever brains there

I can see how the coanda will assist the flows you have mentioned, I would add though that we are talking about exhaust gases. Therefore extremely hot and, more importantly they will be going through rather explosive expansion.

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Re: 2012 Testing#292565

By What's Burning? - 05 Mar 12, 15:13

- 05 Mar 12, 15:13#292565

The higher the speed of the car, the smaller the delta between the exhaust gasses and the ambient air flow. There's no way to really visualize this without a wind tunnel and often times secondary and tertiary effects are important parts of a design. All we have is Newey deciding that he could improve on his design, and on Ferrari's execution perhaps? Which says they're looking for more speed in chunks, not just refinement.

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Re: 2012 Testing#292574

By acosmichippo - 05 Mar 12, 16:34

- 05 Mar 12, 16:34#292574

has anyone posted the new McLaren sidepods yet?

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Re: 2012 Testing#292586

By Cai - 05 Mar 12, 17:57

- 05 Mar 12, 17:57#292586

New HRT..

I think this looks lush, not quite as nice as the McLaren, but definitely the second best looking car this season!

Re: 2012 Testing#292587

By Hammer278 - 05 Mar 12, 18:00

- 05 Mar 12, 18:00#292587

It looks like something I can design myself using Pro Engineer.

BTW the McLaren's sidepods look very aggressive indeed from that view. I'm loving it more and more. :thumbup:

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Re: 2012 Testing#292598

By yamashek - 05 Mar 12, 20:26

- 05 Mar 12, 20:26#292598

great discussions thus far

i am lovin' this!

less than two weeks!

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Re: 2012 Testing#292599

By Hansy - 05 Mar 12, 20:36

- 05 Mar 12, 20:36#292599

I quite like HRT's paintjob, definitely an improvement from last year's car.

edit--ignore I said this. I was confusing it with 2010's... that shows how much attention I paid to them last year

Re: 2012 Testing#292600

By racechick - 05 Mar 12, 20:49

- 05 Mar 12, 20:49#292600

has anyone posted the new McLaren sidepods yet?

Is this picture what you mean?

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Re: 2012 Testing#292603

By Blackavar - 05 Mar 12, 21:11

- 05 Mar 12, 21:11#292603

That HRT looks lovely. It's simple, but gorgeous.

Re: 2012 Testing#292604

By What's Burning? - 05 Mar 12, 21:15

- 05 Mar 12, 21:15#292604

New HRT..

I think this looks lush, not quite as nice as the McLaren, but definitely the second best looking car this season!

What happened to the your ad goes here signs of last year?

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Re: 2012 Testing#292622

By LewEngBridewell - 05 Mar 12, 22:55

- 05 Mar 12, 22:55#292622

New HRT..I think this looks lush, not quite as nice as the McLaren, but definitely the second best looking car this season!

Best HRT livery yet. They've got progressively better from the Minardiesque livery of 2010...

Still a distinct lack of sponsors though

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