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31st October 2017, 07:12 #491
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31st October 2017, 07:25 #492
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31st October 2017, 07:50 #493
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You don't need any aero in hairpins but You need it in fast sections. If a stage has a lot of slow points like hairpins and junctions and still has average speed over 100 km/h it's in fact pretty quick. The sections between those slow points have to be of much higher average speed than the stage as a whole.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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3rd November 2017, 11:03 #494
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Evans had covering plates on the wheelarches while Ogier and Tanak had them at least semi-open... why?
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3rd November 2017, 11:39 #495
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Now I noticed this too. In videos all the M-Sport cars have them open and then taped shut.
Maybe it has something to to with them collecting mud
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16th November 2017, 07:00 #496
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Technical Analysis: WRC Cars 2017
I tried to look find the answer in this thread but didn’t see one.
Why are Toyota using 2 radiators? It looks like a radiator on either side of the intercooler.
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16th November 2017, 15:32 #497
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Is it possible that the Toyota suspension components are machined hollow and then filled with some sort of structural foam? I don't think that would technically be called a composite material, so it seems like it would be a way of getting some of those properties (lightness, rigidity) while avoiding the regulation.
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17th November 2017, 19:17 #498
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From pure technical point of view (i.e. disregarding the tech regs), in theory yes, but in practice very unlikely, as the current state of the readily available structural foams is such that their stiffness is significantly lower than the steel that the wishbones are made from. Maybe if you were to use a 3D metal (i.e. steel) printed lattice attached to the inside of the wishbone skins, then you might be onto something.
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17th November 2017, 21:07 #499
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I often wish I'd stayed in engineering school. I hate technical 'anoraks' but I do love technical things, like this thread.
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13th December 2017, 14:48 #500
Love this thread.....Looking forward to observations regarding the changes between the 2017 and 2018 cars. What are you guys seeing that a newbie heading into his second season of love for this sport should know? Who has made the most changes?
It was on qualifying stage, he rolled the car and it was said that he won't be able to start the rally. But team managed to repair the car and he did start and dominated drivers like Rossel, Gryazin...
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