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#151194
bud wrote:not to be picky but F1 wind tunnel testing is only allowed with 60% scale models. :P
Are you sure? I thought it was 60% or smaller.

Also...That car looks slick. :thumbup:
#151251
Jensonb wrote:
bud wrote:not to be picky but F1 wind tunnel testing is only allowed with 60% scale models. :P
Are you sure? I thought it was 60% or smaller.

Also...That car looks slick. :thumbup:
only going on what i was told at MTC's wind tunnel. i guess it could be smaller but for best results 60% is the bee knees.
#151261
bud wrote:
Jensonb wrote:
bud wrote:not to be picky but F1 wind tunnel testing is only allowed with 60% scale models. :P
Are you sure? I thought it was 60% or smaller.

Also...That car looks slick. :thumbup:
only going on what i was told at MTC's wind tunnel. i guess it could be smaller but for best results 60% is the bee knees.
interesting, did the guys there explain why 60% is better than full scale? :scratchchin:
#151263
scotty wrote:
bud wrote:
Jensonb wrote:
bud wrote:not to be picky but F1 wind tunnel testing is only allowed with 60% scale models. :P
Are you sure? I thought it was 60% or smaller.

Also...That car looks slick. :thumbup:
only going on what i was told at MTC's wind tunnel. i guess it could be smaller but for best results 60% is the bee knees.
interesting, did the guys there explain why 60% is better than full scale? :scratchchin:
well he didnt say better than full scale but apparently 60% is better than even 80%. I dont really understand how but im not one to question engineers. :hehe:
#151264
bud wrote:
scotty wrote:
bud wrote:
Jensonb wrote:
bud wrote:not to be picky but F1 wind tunnel testing is only allowed with 60% scale models. :P
Are you sure? I thought it was 60% or smaller.

Also...That car looks slick. :thumbup:
only going on what i was told at MTC's wind tunnel. i guess it could be smaller but for best results 60% is the bee knees.
interesting, did the guys there explain why 60% is better than full scale? :scratchchin:
well he didnt say better than full scale but apparently 60% is better than even 80%. I dont really understand how but im not one to question engineers. :hehe:
Ah right, fair enough. I am intrigued. :P
#151540
The car looks pretty neat, but, as somebody else has already said, it doesn't look very well developed. The speed of the MP4-24 around February this year suddenly doesn't look as though it could be so embarrassing.

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