Now if your talking the side pod, behind the radiator, lot's of high EXternal heat (especially when the car stops), not only from the radiator but migrating from the engine bay as well. There simply isn't enough resident heat in the nose box to heat up electronics. I never said that electronics didn't need to cooled, though the reason for cooling isn't because of Internally CREATED heat, which it would have to be, if the electronics were located in the nose area. That pod contains Optical Sensors, some have presumed incorrectly, ride height lasers. IMHO, Uh, Nathan, the reason for the FINS, (which they aren't) is because they are a lens for the Optical sensor to "look" at the tire contact patch. And electronics would never need to be cooled, what a silly idea! I'm sure Red Bull just added fins to the side of their sensor pod for looks. You are certainly welcome to guess at its purpose. More likely to get some air movement to the driver as the air gets pulled out of the driver compartment at speed. This isn't true of the nose area, though. To fix the "problem" we put a small inlet hole in the nose to allow air into the driver compartment.Įlectronics on it's own, would not internally produce enough heat to need a air duct to it, though enviroment heat such as locations in the side pods or engine compartment would need some kind of cooling. We accidently had an air pressure tap tube for the pitot tube dislocate and fall into the drivers compartment and suddenly noticed the pressures inside and determined the cause for the driver's helmet getting pushed up. MarcWhen the Reynard 92H atlantic car appeared in america with the "move" from stressed skin tubs to carbon, an interesting phenom happened, at high speed, such as the Pheonix oval, the driver's helmet kept getting pushed upward and literally choking the driver with the chin strap. Very interesting thread, and most way over my head :-) a question, though, for those with the skills: i've noticed the noses of F1 cars have a small, oval-shaped hole, indentation, something, and i was wondering what the purpose of this is? anyone have a thought? It is an extremely interesting subject & hopefully I will learn something new. I will try it later this year & may post some info. I will be able to do both types of geometry on the same chassis with fairly minor changes. I am designing a front suspension package for a car that will be built this year that will experiment with this concept.
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