Some more info on the details of Merc F1 involvement and what they will bring to the the table
INSIDE MERCEDES’ BID TO TAKE ITS F1 GENIUS ONTO THE WATER
Interesting to see that they've added some sort of cockpit padding next to shoulders of grinders and also Tuke up front.
The Gs must be decent when they chuck Te Rehutai into a tack
The guys who need to jump out of that deep cockpit probably had to join a Crossfit gym...
Here's Blair Tuke...
They do look a bit different from this angle. As if the foil flaps are quite a bit shorter and intersection between vertical and foils looks to have a different shape
The tip of the 'bulbous' bit seems to be reaching further out in front of the foil arm vertical stock
Could be just the angle...
SailGP USA team snapping up guys from American Magic:
Spithill snaps up American Magic sailors for United States SailGP Team | Yacht Racing Life
Will be interesting to see what role Andrew Campbell is going to perform - I think when they announced Spithill joining to help, Rome Kirby was...
Maybe they would have lodged a complaint if INEOS ever showed up to the races with them...
I'd struggle to understand how that was meant to be a single and linear flap...
I have only now noticed that the pivot point blade/fence is visible in that video
The fact that INEOS showed these views meant that these were not going to be the final foils used in races... They must have known it wasn't going to be the winning set...
Great video!
I remember sketching over the foil jig plates from Ineos video, but I completely didn't catch onto the feature of external pivot point and how inner and outer sections have different behaviour
The idea of sliding actuation achieving rotation also sounds like a good solution that...
Came across this post by Advanced Wing Systems - not sure if it was posted yet?
https://www.facebook.com/273328252750248/posts/3740520526030986/?sfnsn=scwspwa
If they're happy for these to be shown, it must mean these are old news.
Especially the red painted and hinge-visible variant shown below:
Is this a tip of rudder elevator or foil? In any case it gets plenty of love and attention.