Red Bull Racing RB18 Floor Skates
Red Bull Racing RB18 Floor Skates
The metallic skates that differentiate itself from not being carbon fiber signals that it is there to protect the floor edges. It is also there to support and control the floor's flexing rather than using supports from above like the other teams known as 'stay'. What is clever about it is its length. This signifies that when the floor flexes from downforce, the skates would often land flush on the ground, guiding the floor's farthest edge to follow suite and maintain a good seal even though the floor structure is challenged. This could also follow the surface condition better, minimizing seal losses
The metallic skates that differentiate itself from not being carbon fiber signals that it is there to protect the floor edges. It is also there to support and control the floor's flexing rather than using supports from above like the other teams known as 'stay'. What is clever about it is its length. This signifies that when the floor flexes from downforce, the skates would often land flush on the ground, guiding the floor's farthest edge to follow suite and maintain a good seal even though the floor structure is challenged. This could also follow the surface condition better, minimizing seal losses
The skates would also reduce the floor edges from wear and tear. Those floor are used from Free Practice One to the Finishing line. All that grinding will cause wear on the floor edge and this will have an effect on its critical dimension that is designed and made to seal the floor. Minimizing porpoising is done by a small opening in front of the rearward section floor edge and skate. Air is guided from this opening and then flowed along the skate before entering the diffuser section, just behind the tunnel's throat section. With all that curbing, flexing and grinding, a worn out floor edge will not seal as well over the course of a race weekend
The skates would also reduce the floor edges from wear and tear. Those floor are used from Free Practice One to the Finishing line. All that grinding will cause wear on the floor edge and this will have an effect on its critical dimension that is designed and made to seal the floor. Minimizing porpoising is done by a small opening in front of the rearward section floor edge and skate. Air is guided from this opening and then flowed along the skate before entering the diffuser section, just behind the tunnel's throat section. With all that curbing, flexing and grinding, a worn out floor edge will not seal as well over the course of a race weekend
So this is another take on those skates. Of course, being placed in an important part of the floor that is the floor edge, it is bound to be designed to be part of the floors general ground effect performance rather than being designed purely around structural intentions
So this is another take on those skates. Of course, being placed in an important part of the floor that is the floor edge, it is bound to be designed to be part of the floors general ground effect performance rather than being designed purely around structural intentions
Excerpt from a video project on the RB18's floor
Excerpt from a video project on the RB18's floor
30/6/2022
