2012 McLaren MP4-27

[Hampus Andersson]

Yea was hoping for a tunnel solution but this is more Ferrari like.
They just nedd the tires to click and they will win again.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Does anyone know what those extra holes inside the sidepods were used for?
I kind of fell asleep in the middle of practice 1 due to the boring commentary so I never heard what they were used for.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Cooling for electronics.

Got bored and decided to draw of the new Mclaren exhaust.
First time i played with highlights/shadows so it looks a bit iffy.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Nice shot of the Mclaren as well!

 

[Diego Lopez]

wait what are those lights for? doest it give a nice flash to temporarely blind the driver staring at it just kidding, really though, im very curious, or is it light reflection from the camera?

 

[Metalfreaky]

No it's some kind of measurement equipment they fitted during free practice in Hockenheim.
Don't know what exactly it is and what they tried to measure. Maybe someone else does.

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

Could it be the camera that records pressure differences in the air? It has a special name and would require extra lighting..

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieren_photography

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Ride height sensors i believe. But Kennett might be on to something.

 

[Metalfreaky]

If it's a ride hight sensor based on light shouldnt the light be directed to the ground?

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

Ride height sensors i believe. But Kennett might be on to something.

Edited my post..

 

[Tony Holder]

The new McLaren ION drive.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Someone asked Mclaren over twitter but it does seem they miss-understood the question.

""The light under the car, what is it?" It's a fluoro sighting strip - to help with placing the rear jack."

 

[Hampus Andersson]

I also asked now in the F1T forum and gave you credit for it Kennett, i think you might have nailed this one.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

And it was wrong

Nope, that doesn't work.​

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First, you would have massive noise by environmental light (sun, reflections...). ​

Second, as a shadowgraph projects to 2D parallel to the flow, you lose information (the interesting stuff is 3D or at least perpendicular to the flow). ​

Third, the speeds should be too low for a shadow graph, the density gradients would be too flat (after all Schlieren was developed for supersonic visualisation).​

 

[Tony Holder]

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

And it was wrong

Makes sense, the Schlieren photography does use single lightsource, it's essential to the process.

 

[Darren Bentley]

how the Mclaren has developed during the season

 

[Tony Holder]

 

[Tony Holder]

Still the best looking car IMO

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Hamilton´s rear wing. No idea what that is but could be the beginning of a D-DRS.
Button ran a regular wing in FP1, haven´t watched FP2 yet.

Evolution of the Sauber version.