darnall (Offline)
#1
5/22/12 3:20 PM
Many of the supers have a wing system that flattens the wing out to decrease drag on the strightaways and stands the wing up tall in the corners to create huge downforce....
My question is.....HOW DO THEY WORK? How do they operate? Does the driver have a hydraulic lever that he has to manipulate 4 times per lap, is the wing synced up with the throttle or brake pedal to stand up under deceleration? Is it synced up with the power steering pump to stand up when the wheel gets turned? Or is it just mounted in such a way that more speed causes more pressure to push it down and less speed lets it stand up? And if that's the case, do they tune the shocks that control the wing based on how fast a track they are on?
I have wondered about this for quite a long time....somebody please answer so I can sleep at night...hahahahaha