Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Wouldn't that go in the unaerodynamic car thread?
Downforce = drag
|
I tried to find a CD of the car but failed.
I did find this however.
Aston Martin AM-RB 001 hypercar revealed - exclusive pictures | Autocar
Quote:
|
The AM-RB 001 has a small, adjustable, two-plane rear spoiler. “The rear wing will be an active element, but it doesn’t actually do that much. All it is doing is controlling the air off the top surfaces of the car,” said Palmer. “With your rear aerofoil, you want to cut the laminar flow and then you want to cut it as fast as you can so you don’t create drag. So you want it as far back as you can get it on the car within the limit of the regulations.”
|
You can gleam an awareness of drag as an issue from this.
You can also imagine that a car with a energy recovery system is attending to whole system approach.
Typically super-cars have high Cd's because of the cooling system and wings for down force.
Quote:
|
From the cabin rearwards, the car has “an F1 layout” for its cooling, engine and transmission systems.
|
This car has wings, but they are more for controlling flow than down force (
they claim), and has radiators for cooling a big V12 but it's treated like an F1 (
they claim).
If the claims hold true there is promise, but there is also room for skepticism.