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[Jabberwocky]

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2010/02/1 ... shark-fin/


interesting idea

[Gaz]

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/mclaren-innovative-rear-wing-and-shark-fin/


interesting idea

Yeh same as the Infa Red camera's in the wing mirrors.

Small infrared cameras in the mirrors measure the temperature accross the full tread of the tyre

Scarbs Blog is excellent btw

[Jabberwocky]

I have only just found his blog. had a quick flick through and it seems interesting

[Gilles 27]

Very interesting stuff. i did wonder about the shape of the fin when the car was launched, it somehow seemed to look like an odd shape...
I remember reading a journal on aerodynamics in the Uni library while avoiding revising for my finals, there was a piece on using surfaced with tiny holes in it and using air forced through those holes to create layers of pressure and vacuums as a way of increasing the effectiveness of a wing surface for example. To my mind, this new development on the McLaren (also apparently on last year''s BMW) would seem to be something similar...

[Jabberwocky]

Small infrared cameras in the mirrors measure the temperature accross the full tread of the tyre

that is some good thinking.

[bud]

clever, the infra red is news to me!