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Pantograph or the Gillette

Started by just me again , Mar 04 2017 08:30

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#1 just me again

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Posted 04 March 2017 - 08:30

Hi

With some F1 cars having an extra rear wing, Which I believe now is a single element wing which helps the rearwing by diverting "extra" air to it.

My question is: For Monaco and Hungary will we see a multielement wing in the same place which creates it´s own downforce, so we have a wing on the sharkfin which goes from being a "pantograph" to being a "Gillette" with really a lot of blades.

Bjørn

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#2 Greg Locock

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Posted 04 March 2017 - 10:09

If you look at the naca report server you'll find an interesting report by Shorts on multielement flap systems. They stacked anythingup to 7 flaps. The Cl was enormous. Trouble is rear wings usually operate at maximum lift rather than optimum L/D so the traditional aero boys are way confused.