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**Reftsheette** · 10-04-2008, 09:39 AM

I didn't think that the turbulant air trailing the lead car would provide much downforce, even with a few extra degrees of wing?

Crank-in more wing and you'll get more downforce. They get downforce now even when they are right up on the gearbox of the car in front, it's just that the front end washes out because it has less than it needs.

The problem I would see is that, in the heat of battle, a driver forgets to dial out the added front downforce when he's back in clean air, pushes the car to the limit, then it goes around because the aero balance is all messed-up.

Maybe since they are at full throttle so much of the time, this would just mean the driver can't use as much throttle as he's used to at that point on the track and that reminds him to dial-out the added front wing, so the terminal loose condition is unlikely to occur.

10-04-2008, 09:39 AM	#16
Reftsheette Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 529 Senior Member	I didn't think that the turbulant air trailing the lead car would provide much downforce, even with a few extra degrees of wing? Crank-in more wing and you'll get more downforce. They get downforce now even when they are right up on the gearbox of the car in front, it's just that the front end washes out because it has less than it needs. The problem I would see is that, in the heat of battle, a driver forgets to dial out the added front downforce when he's back in clean air, pushes the car to the limit, then it goes around because the aero balance is all messed-up. Maybe since they are at full throttle so much of the time, this would just mean the driver can't use as much throttle as he's used to at that point on the track and that reminds him to dial-out the added front wing, so the terminal loose condition is unlikely to occur.
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