2009 F1 Car Launches

Awesome Newey design, please please RB engineers make it reliable when it's time for Melboourne.
 
The Red Bull front wing looks incredibly vulnerable with those extra-spindly vertical mounts.
 
THE REAL STIG said:
I doubt it will look exactly like that, but kudos for the video, RB's videos are insanely good...
Click to expand...

Looked 99.8% like that :D


Oh and I like the design a lot of little details.

Also notice that they are running those bulges that grow out of the nose cone.
 
^^Reminds me of the Stewarts, I always thought they looked good...
 
https://pic.armedcats.net/r/re/redbull/2009/02/12/52324_2.jpg


Pullrods are back!!! :cool:

The packaging and attention to detail on the RB5 makes the Williams FW31 look agricultural (although Vikirad might agree that Williams have never been known for their aerodynamic prowess, apart from maybe the Newey-led mid nineties), although I do like the retro style exposed transmission :thumbsup:

http://img3.imageshack.**/img3/7159/523112gt3.jpg
 
Last edited:
That rear end is seriously tight. The last time that part of the car was that compact, the car won 15 races out of 16.

A.k.a. the rear end packaging is a bit reminiscent of the McLaren MP4-4.
 
That rear section is pure genious! I hope we'll see some good results from it as well. :)
 
Sorry for my ignorance, but what are pullrods? And could one explain to me what makes this rear end so good?
 
Last edited:
Speaking of Red Bull, here are some wall paper sized promo pics.
http://img10.imageshack.**/img10/129/1234215852218cv4.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.**/img16/5450/1234216956302bo9.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.**/img141/1157/1234217157729fs7.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.**/img25/229/1234217351085qd3.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.**/img177/9079/1234217432226fi4.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.**/img26/4206/1234217638477dw7.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.**/img177/6606/1234221029845rg5.jpg
 
Pullrods are a suspension component. Very basically speaking they're that diagonal piece that connects the wheels to the car. Pushrods connect from the top of the chassis (or gearbox) to the bottom of the wheels, and pullrods connect from the bottom of the chassis to the top of the wheel. There's advantages and disadvantages to both, but pullrods were very fashionable in the late 80s, early 90s. The last car I can think of that ran front pullrods was an Arrows in the early 2000s. I'll post more when I come back to this tonight, or Vikirad might expand on it a little more :)
 
Jos_Verstappen_2000_Arrows_20.jpg


Well, pullrods were a bit of an advantage on this car; along with other elements of its design, it enabled it to be, surprisingly, the fastest car in a straight line pretty much all season long.
 
Wouldn't the pushrod be better from a materials standpoint, since the pushrod will compress under force making it stronger?

And how does the pullrod make it faster? By 'pulling' the tires on the road for grip?
 
That car had an advantage because of its lower profile, which caused less drag. To achieve that, they used a lower nosecone and chassis, which left no room for normal pushrods at the front.

And also looking at the cars from the 1980s, they were mostly exceedingly low-slung things, so pullrod construction was inevitably used. One exception that comes to mind is the front of the McLaren MP4/2; that used pushrods on the front suspension.
 
So it is prefered to use pushrods if possible? Is there no advantage to pullrods?
 
It's more a matter of what the designer wants and how tight the front or rear end's packaging is. AFAIK, there's very little/no difference between pushrods and pullrods, but they give advantages or disadvantages when in coalition with the full front/rear end suspension geometry and aero configuration.
 
emil_t said:
because of these horrific forumla 3000 cars, i'll promise my self not to watch Forumla 1 2009 to protest against ugliness
Click to expand...
your lost.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top