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Red Bull’s front wings ”aren’t flexing” (92 posts)

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raymondu999 said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

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f1alex said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

Hmm that video to me just looks like the wing moves because the mechanic has yanked it, but it hasn’t come fully off, hence why he has to pull it again to get it off, like when you wiggle something a few times to loosen it. Unless I’ve missed something totally obvious..?

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f1alex said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

The GIF on the other hand does look like it’s flexing a lot, so I dunno…

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MahavirShah said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

Yeah actually I have noticed that the RBR’s wings “tremble” so to speak much more when the car goes over a kerb as compared to other cars. In slo-mo it just feels like the nose cone is made out of flexible plastic rather than carbon fibre.

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matt90 said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

Wow, that appeared incredibly pliant. It could well be crash damage, but I doubt it.

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Stiggosaurus said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

That video is very intriguing indeed. The more I watch it, the more I think it is just an optical illusion caused by a shadow from one of the hoses or perhaps that black board that one of the mechanics is holding. I’m still not 100% convinced one way or the other. But it can’t be denied, it sure looks at first glance like that nose cone is made of some kind of very pliable rubber.

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matthew said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

i personally think the downforce the wing creates causes larger loads than the fia test at.

proof of that was when vettel lost the end plate, many drivers have driven fine before with their end plates missing/damaged

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matthew said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

this is a good demonstration of whats going on,

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Kingshark said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

Has anyone seen this too:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/645/boomer.gif

Does Red Bull have a flexing nosecone?

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Pelican said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

It sure looks like that. Are there any rules against the tip of the nosecone flexing?

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electrolite said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

EDIT: didn’t see the post above…I basically posted the same thing. Very strange indeed!

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f1alex said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

@kingshark thanks for posting that, now I finally see what the others were talking about! :) Hmm that does look very strange, it looks like it’s made from some type of plastic or rubber or something. Unless it’s because of damage I can’t really work out what it could be/why…

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electrolite said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

I think the general consensus is that the internal crash structure is solid, and the outer shell is flexing. The the fact the nose cone is the thing that pivots (moreso than the lower wing itself) might make it legal somehow…but don’t quote me on that. That gif makes it look like rubber, or some sort of really pliable material…

There’s a pretty good discussion about it I’ve been reading here:

http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11807&start=3795

Something as odd as this is certainly intriguing seeing as Red Bull have found a sudden advance in performance in the last few races.

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Fer no.65 said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

That’s why I posted the gif a couple of days ago. It really seems as if the whole of the nosecone flexes, and not just the wing.

Wonder if there’s a rule that specifically limits flexing of the nosecone, or if they test it somehow.

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Prisoner Monkeys said 6 months, 2 weeks ago:

Here’s another one:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/645/boomer.gif

Definately something the FIA should be looking at.

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