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blakep82 - 18/4/10 at 10:29 PM
how the hell did someone come up with that idea?! 
NigeEss - 18/4/10 at 10:43 PM
Born out of desperation !
blakep82 - 18/4/10 at 10:46 PM
its actually a brilliant idea, i'm surprised no one thought about it like 20 years ago!
James - 18/4/10 at 10:50 PM
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Originally posted by blakep82
how the hell did someone come up with that idea?!
Like all the best ideas, it's one of those ideas where you think "why the hell wasn't that thought of before".
Having said that, it's not without a precedent. Before they were banned, back in about 2003, the top plate of the rear wing was designed to flex
with wind pressure and bend such that it changed the downforce characteristic at high speed. This could be seen when Kimi's top plate exploded
and he immeadiately span. It broke because it was so thin so it'd flex. Obviously a bit too thin! 
So the alternative is to change the air flow round a fixed wing instead of changing the wing. As an automatic device is not allowed that leaves the
driver doing it somehow... hence the knee trick!
quote:
Originally posted by NigeEss
Born out of desperation !
Don't think so... they came up with the idea during the 2008 season according to Whitmarsh.
Bear in mind it's part of a homolgated chassis so it must have been designed a fair while ago.
Cheers,
James
speedyxjs - 19/4/10 at 06:05 AM
I think its a great idea. Problem is that it will make more overtaking until everyone has one.
[Edited on 19-4-10 by speedyxjs]
ian86 - 19/4/10 at 07:17 AM
as i believed it there was an agreement between the teams that they would not look at stalling the rear wing. so i can imagine that most teams would
have looked and understood how to use it but never implemented it.
geeksandlies - 19/4/10 at 12:34 PM
Its an inspired peice of technology, i dont think once everyone has it that will be the end of it, different systems by different teams will produce
different amount of stalling over the rear wing and thus different straight line results, bear in mind its only worth 3-4MPH on the shorter circuits
it wont help as much as you think!