senninho Wrote:
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> marcl Wrote:
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> > Mclaren have always gone their own way and
> never
> > copied. When the rest were running high noses
> in
> > 1991, 1992 and 93 they did not.
>
> I'm gravedigging a *lot*, but there was a
> difference at the time between a 'raised' nose and
> a 'high' one - I remember the distinction being
> fairly clear from a season review or something
> else from the time that I read. 1991 is actually a
> good example:
>
> 'Low' nose: Nosecone drops down in more or less a
> straight line from the cockpit to the tip.
> [
upload.wikimedia.org]
> /McLaren_MP4-6_Honda.jpg
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> 'High' nose: Bodywork remains high until it
> reaches the suspension, then drops at a sharper
> angle, which allows more air to pass the nose and
> reach the sidepods and undertray. Lots of
> variations on this one! Newey pioneered it on the
> March 881, and took the concept with him all the
> way to the FW16.
> [
upload.wikimedia.org]
> b/e/ee/Benetton_B190B.jpg/800px-Benetton_B190B.jpg
>
>
> 'Raised' nose: An evolution of the high nose; the
> nosecone never actually meets the front wing.
> Developed by Harvey Postlethwaite on the Tyrrell
> 019, presumably as a result of looking into
> Newey's concept.
> [
www.tyrrell.de]
> jima-1991.jpg
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> Sorry for the mild hijack, but single-seater
> design concepts is my area of boring people
> interest
I'll argue with your definition a bit. That Benetton B190 is definitely a low nosed car. What defined a high nose in those days was not the nose itself, but the presence of the splitter underneath the "chin" area under the drivers legs. Then, as now, that was the key area, not the nosecone itself. Today's cars show this even more: the designers are willing to put this very nasty kink on the top of the nose just to open up the area underneath a little more.