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freebeard · 02-24-2017, 04:12 AM

http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/the-2017-mercedes-f1-car-is-the-gorgeous-racer-with-the-1792674665

'Pretty' is only paint deep. I'd like to see it in a proper Mercedes silver to show off the surface development. Even as it is, there're lot's of interesting details. I still don't understand those half-round corrugations on the bottom of the front wings of this and others.

The T-strut is apparently a vortex generator; so, F1 meets Unicorn Corral? The comment suggests so.

Those external ducts on the barges? The C-shaped mirror mounts? The vertical canard with turbucles? Airfoiled LIDAR on the air intake?

02-24-2017, 04:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 29,092 Thanks: 8,256 Thanked 9,020 Times in 7,453 Posts	http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/the-2017-mercedes-f1-car-is-the-gorgeous-racer-with-the-1792674665 'Pretty' is only paint deep. I'd like to see it in a proper Mercedes silver to show off the surface development. Even as it is, there're lot's of interesting details. I still don't understand those half-round corrugations on the bottom of the front wings of this and others. The T-strut is apparently a vortex generator; so, F1 meets Unicorn Corral? The comment suggests so. Those external ducts on the barges? The C-shaped mirror mounts? The vertical canard with turbucles? Airfoiled LIDAR on the air intake?