High Downforce Setting
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But I'm not sure that is true. My understanding is that certain aero setups that produce big down force at higher speeds require a minimum speed to provide much of any down force, so they actually produce less down force at the slower speeds than a less aggressive set up might produce. But again, I'm going by snippets of things I've read in various articles.
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But I'm not sure that is true. My understanding is that certain aero setups that produce big down force at higher speeds require a minimum speed to provide much of any down force, so they actually produce less down force at the slower speeds than a less aggressive set up might produce. But again, I'm going by snippets of things I've read in various articles.
But there have got to be some aero experts around here....
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Downforce is proportional to the square of the speed of the car. A higher downforce setup will give more downforce at every speed (but much more at very high speed). i.e. Twice the speed gives 4 times the downforce. Triple the speed gives 9 times the downforce, etc. Here is the formula:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downforce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downforce
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Downforce is proportional to the square of the speed of the car. A higher downforce setup will give more downforce at every speed (but much more at very high speed). i.e. Twice the speed gives 4 times the downforce. Triple the speed gives 9 times the downforce, etc. Here is the formula:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downforce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downforce
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. I should mention that everything I said above is technically correct, but notice that the Increased downforce setup will provide the same percentage improvement at any speed.So, if the high downforce setup gives 50% more downforce than the stock setup at 80mph, it still gives 50% more downforce at 180mph - it's just that it's giving 50% more of a much higher downforce value (both the net improvement and overall downforce are over 5 times as much at 180 mph as 80 mph).
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Don't really know it - just know how to find it . I should mention that everything I said above is technically correct, but notice that the Increased downforce setup will provide the same percentage improvement at any speed.
So, if the high downforce setup gives 50% more downforce than the stock setup at 80mph, it still gives 50% more downforce at 180mph - it's just that it's giving 50% more of a much higher downforce value (both the net improvement and overall downforce are over 5 times as much at 180 mph as 80 mph).
. I should mention that everything I said above is technically correct, but notice that the Increased downforce setup will provide the same percentage improvement at any speed.So, if the high downforce setup gives 50% more downforce than the stock setup at 80mph, it still gives 50% more downforce at 180mph - it's just that it's giving 50% more of a much higher downforce value (both the net improvement and overall downforce are over 5 times as much at 180 mph as 80 mph).