DDMotorsports: Kognition Design Wing Development

dunk

I have a question on the wing's design. On post 27, it looks like the uprights are attached to the wing with carbon brackets that are bonded and riveted to the exterior of the airfoil.

On post 37 where it shows the final version of the wing it looks like the upright brackets are aluminum and protrude through the wing surface.

Just wondering why the change between the two designs.

-Duncan

M.Bonanni

Hi Duncan. That was one of the design changes made after our first test when the first design broke in two places. The places where the wing cracked were right on the edge of those carbon mounts so they integrated the mounts into the internal structure of the wing. The inner wing structure is designed to transfer the downforce load evenly across the span of the wing. With this inner structure bolted directly to the uprights all of that load transfers straight down to the car. The old design was basically causing pressure points with the load transfering to the carbon mounts instead of directly to the uprights.

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