Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this “double rear wing” thing in F1, and let me tell you, it’s been a journey. I’m no engineer, just a guy who likes to tinker, so don’t expect any super technical jargon here.
I started by, well, just staring at pictures of F1 cars. Lots of pictures. I wanted to get a good feel for how these double wings are actually set up. You know, the angles, the spacing between the elements… that kind of stuff.
Then came the fun part – trying to build something! I grabbed some cardboard, because, why not? It’s easy to cut and shape. I started cutting out different shapes, trying to mimic what I saw in the photos. It looked pretty rough, I’m not gonna lie.
I used tape, lots of tape. I taped pieces together, held them up, squinted at them, and then ripped them apart and started again. This went on for a while. I felt like a kid playing with LEGOs, except my LEGOs were flimsy cardboard and sticky tape.
After many attempts, I finally had something that vaguely resembled a double rear wing. It wasn’t pretty, but it had the basic shape. I even tried holding it up to my kid’s toy F1 car to see how it looked. (He wasn’t impressed.)
The next part I try to testing it. I do not have a wind tunnel, sadly. So, I did what any reasonable person would do: I stuck it out the car window while my wife was driving. Don’t worry, we were on a quiet road!
- First try I hold the wing that the angle looks too steep.
- Second try the cardboard almost ripped right off.
- Finally I get the relatively stable angle to test.
Did it work? Did I feel the downforce? Honestly, I have no idea. But it was fun! It was a cool little experiment to try and understand how these F1 things work. Maybe one day I’ll build a proper one, who knows?
