Chapter 353: Double-Layer Diffuser

Chai Ying and Lao Shao can be regarded as the top leaders of the team, so after a short period of excitement and excitement, they eased up and walked out of the maintenance room together. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Master, I'...... I really don't know what to say. Thank you for solving this big problem that has plagued the team for nearly three years, this problem has been solved, and next year our Dahua Real Madrid team will again dominate the whole of F1!

Real Madrid's "Mustang F-Series" cars are a bit similar to the "F-Series" cars of Scuderia Ferrari in the previous life.

But again, if there is a problem with the tuning of the car, then it will sink immediately.

In the last century, Real Madrid was the undisputed king of Formula 1, but in the new century, especially when the engine of the car was adjusted from a 3.0-liter V10 engine to a 2.4-liter V6 engine, the performance of the Real Madrid team was not satisfactory. If it weren't for the four individual championships in the Chai Camp, the Real Madrid team would have plummeted in the new century.

However, when the engine was further weakened into a 2.0-liter V6 engine, the performance of the Real Madrid team was even worse, and for three consecutive years, it did not even win the top three individual championships, let alone the team's results, it cannot be said to be the bottom, but it has also dropped to the middle and lower levels.

How does this make the dignified F1 king team embarrassed?

Chai Ying has experienced the whole process of transformation from the 3.0-liter V10 engine to the current 2.0-liter V6 engine, so he has the deepest feelings.

The grandmaster smiled and waved his hand and said: "Actually, I also like to like motorsports, and I usually like to think about things about racing tuning and car modification, and it is also an accident that I can help this time, chief, you don't have to be so polite, although I am not a test driver of the team now, but when I have run enough five hundred kilometers, we will really be a family." ”

Chai Ying smiled and didn't say anything, just patted the grandmaster's shoulder heavily.

Lao Shao on the side also said with a smile: "Master, wait for those guys inside to install this engine again, and you will run two more laps?"

The grandmaster smiled and waved his hand and said: "Mr. Shao, in fact, the valve I just adjusted the engine valve is just an adjustment I made for our engine, in fact, in the two laps I ran at high speed just now, I also found that this car has a very obvious flaw, that is, the downforce is obviously insufficient!"

"Huh?" Lao Shao's brows immediately furrowed.

"That's right, it's the downforce, or the lack of negative lift in the car, that causes the car to not have enough grip on the tires at high speeds, especially when cornering at high speeds, which is more pronounced, causing the driver to reduce the speed to reduce the lack of grip on the tires. If we can solve the problem of insufficient negative lift of the car, then our drivers can use higher speed to get through corners when they are racing. I don't think I need to say much about the advantages here......" the Grandmaster said eloquently.

"However, the FIA has clear regulations on the diffuser that provides negative lift for the vehicle, although I also know that the negative lift of the vehicle is insufficient because of the diffuser, but we can't make much changes to the diffuser under the existing regulations!" Lao Shao is worthy of being the technical director of the team, and as soon as the grandmaster said, he immediately understood the reason.

The Grandmaster smiled and waved his hand again and said, "Mr. Shao, I know all of what you said. In order to make overtaking more in the race, the FIA has revised the regulations on diffusers many times, the main purpose of which is to reduce the negative lift of the vehicle, so that the car can slow down as much as possible when cornering in the race, so as to provide better opportunities for overtaking. However, although we cannot resist this change in the rules, under the existing rules, why can't we find another way to consider the modification of the diffuser from other aspects? Or simply, we need to make corresponding changes without violating the existing FIA regulations on diffusers, so as to improve the efficiency of the diffuser to the airflow, so that the vehicle can obtain greater negative lift. ”

Chai Ying asked in surprise, "Master, what do you have in mind?" or are you sure you can do this?"

Lao Shao also looked at the Grandmaster expectantly.

The Grandmaster nodded slightly and said, "Actually, I pondered this question several years ago, and it is only now that I am a little bit concerned about this question. If you and Mr. Shao agree with me to try, I think I should be able to surprise you a little. ”

Lao Shao nodded and said, "Master, this is no problem. But can you tell us what you think first?"

The grandmaster nodded and said, "This is no problem, let's go, let's go over there and sit down for a while, I don't want more people to know about this matter." ”

As the three of them walked towards the other side of the track, the grandmaster made a phone call to Fang Zhengying. She will definitely be busy until late today, so if Fang Zhengying is impatient, she can ask someone from the team to send her back.

As a result, I didn't expect that this girl was still very interested in car modification, and when she heard that the grandmaster was going to make changes to the F1 car, she immediately shouted that she wanted to come over and see the grandmaster's modification with her own eyes.

For his girlfriend's insistence, the grandmaster naturally would not refuse.

The three of them came to the side of the empty track, where there was no obstacle within a few hundred meters, and naturally there was no need to worry about others eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Mr. Shao, I know that the FIA has very strict requirements for diffusers, but that doesn't mean we can't make changes to existing diffusers. We all know that the larger the size of the diffuser, the more negative lift it provides to the car. In layman's terms, if a diffuser is large enough, it will attract more gas to fill this huge gap when it is working, so that it can accelerate the airflow under the chassis to a greater extent, and the "pumping" efficiency of the diffuser can be more prominent. “

Lao Shao nodded in agreement, this is a fact that any mechanic is aware of. However, as the FIA continues to impose numerous restrictions on the size of the diffuser, the size of the racing diffuser has been strictly limited to death. No team would have dared to change the size of the diffuser at the risk of being penalized.

Lao Shao said: "Master, we are all very clear about your statement, but due to the restrictions of the FIA, the diffuser under the new rules tends to be more standard, eliminating the difference in height between the central airflow channel and the outer channel. And all three channels have been heightened, in the past the height of the diffuser was 125 mm, now it has been increased to 175 mm. At the same time, the diffuser has been moved back significantly as a whole, with the trailing edge of the diffuser previously basically at the same level as the rear axle, now 350 mm from the rear axle. That said, no matter how much we changed, the size of the diffuser used in the race car has been firmly limited to 1000 mm wide, 350 mm long and 175 mm high, so ......"

"That's right, this FIA restriction is undoubtedly a disaster for the team's mechanics, and the negative lift of this reduced version is almost 50% less than that provided by the previous diffuser, which is too great a loss," said the guru. However, that doesn't mean we can't make changes to diffusers under the existing regulations. ”

After a pause, the Grandmaster looked at the two confused team executives and said: "If I'm not mistaken, a few years ago, the FIA stipulated that the diffuser should be 'observed from the bottom, any part between the center line of the rear wheel and the 350mm behind it must not be 175mm above the datum, and the intersection formed by the transverse or longitudinal vertical in this area must form a continuous straight line and be visible from the bottom of the car', this rule is correct, right?'"

Lao Shao and Chai Ying nodded again, these regulations were already like their own palm prints to them, and they couldn't be more familiar with them.

The Grandmaster continued: "I remember that the regulation was in Chapter 4, Article 15, Paragraph 8 of the F1 Technical Regulations, and if I remember correctly, there is also a provision in Chapter 4, Paragraph 9, Paragraph 2 of the F1 Technical Regulations, that is, 'the width of the part located behind the centerline of the rear wheels and the height of 200 mm above the datum shall not be greater than 750 mm', does that seem to be very strict?"

The two nodded again.

The Grandmaster clapped his hands and said, "Then the question is, if I make certain changes to the diffuser in the prescribed data, and it doesn't violate these two rules, then even the FIA can't accuse us of violating the rules, right?"

Chai Ying hurriedly said, "Master, what do you want to do?"

"It's simple, we've changed it this way. We can add another diffusion structure between the central airflow channel of the diffuser and the tail vertebrae at the top, so that our diffuser can use more airflow when working, which increases the volume of the diffuser in disguise!"

"Shhh...... Isn't this a violation of the law, or a loophole in the rules?" asked Lao Shao with a frown.

"How is that possible? The reason why I just mentioned the two FIA regulations in a row is actually to prove that the diffuser structure we have added not only does not violate the rules, but also does not take advantage of the so-called blind spots in the rules, and we are taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules promulgated by the FIA itself. Think about it, does this design that I propose violate any FIA rules?"

The two people thought about it, but found that this design really did not violate any FIA regulations, on the contrary, not only did not violate any FIA regulations, this design also conformed to the 'located behind the center line of the rear wheel, and the height of the part greater than the datum 200mm, its width shall not be greater than 750mm', it can be said that this design is a very legal design!

Then since this is a legal design, it's no problem to make changes to the diffuser!

The two of them thought about it again and again, but in the end, they could only find out very helplessly that the change plan proposed by the grandmaster was really leaky.

"Master, how do you want to change it?" I fully support it!" Chai Ying, as the team leader, naturally wanted to express his support.

The Grandmaster smiled and said, "Actually, it's a very simple matter to make changes to the diffuser. First, we raised the tail cone, which would have provided more space for the diffuser, and secondly, we designed the central airflow channel of our racing diffuser as a V-groove that connected to the upper surface of the chassis from which the airflow could be sent out and then diffused through the guidance structure above the V-groove. At the same time, we need to add two openings at both ends of the V-slot, so that the idle airflow in the Coke bottle area can flow into the lower surface of the chassis through these two openings through the bottom of the side box, mix with the airflow from the lower surface of the chassis and then diffuse together, which greatly increases the volume of gas in the diffuser and squeezes out more negative lift. ”

"Wonderful, master, you brain...... Gee...... I really can't think of any words to use to describe you......" Old Shao said with a laugh. As a technical director, the Grandmaster only needed a little mention of it, and he could immediately understand the modification plan of this diffuser.

"Master, this kind of change is shocking! No, you have to name it yourself, and no one else has the right to name it. After being amazed for a while, Lao Shao once again proposed to change the design scheme by naming the Grandmaster.

The Grandmaster smiled and said, "Name it, well, I think this design scheme can be called a 'double diffuser'!"

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