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[Bruno_Brazil]

I was seeing Mclaren`s suspensions and i got a doubt.

Is it Pull-Rod ?
I remember that this kind of suspension was usual before the "concorde front", "tamandua front", and finally the "shark front" when it became Push-Rod

The 92`s Arrows used the Pull-Rod suspensions.


*Sorry for the poor english.
Huges!

[scotty]

Not according to McLaren... http://www.mclaren.com/f1season/2009/pr ... h-spec.php

I heard one of the other cars does though, i think it may be the RB5.

[Bruno_Brazil]

Not according to McLaren... http://www.mclaren.com/f1season/2009/pr ... h-spec.php

I heard one of the other cars does though, i think it may be the RB5.

You`re right Scotty!

I think Red Bull is using this kind of suspensions also.
They serve mainly to lower the center of mass .
The other advantage is that it doesn`t demand a huge structure to work, like the push-rod one.
In that case (Formula one) it would improve the air flood..but it also has some disadvantages.

[Denthúl]

So far, only the RB5 has pull-rod suspension. And I think it is too late for any other team to implement this kind of suspension now, just as it is too late for Red Bull to implement push-rod suspension should this not work out for them. Judging by the testing times, the opinions of the drivers and generally how quick the car looks, such a change should not be necessary anyway.

[bud]

doopy doop

[Red_Five]

The RB5 has pull rod suspension on the rear of the car only. I think the layout of the nose of a modern F1 car precludes the use of anything other than push rods, or maybe torsion bars.