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Old 7 May 2011, 09:53 (Ref:2875737)   #1
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What could these wires in Vettels front wing be for?
If you look closely you can see them protruding from where the wing was ripped off..





Sensors? or... wires to a heating element to soften the wing?
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Old 7 May 2011, 10:35 (Ref:2875759)   #2
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A wheel tether? Poor guess I know.
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Old 7 May 2011, 10:49 (Ref:2875764)   #3
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spring loaded flexible wing???? send photo to mclaren LOL!
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Old 7 May 2011, 10:49 (Ref:2875765)   #4
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Probably for a nose / wing camera would be my guess.

If not maybe they are Christmas lights to go with the tree he has hanging out the front !!
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Old 7 May 2011, 13:05 (Ref:2875935)   #5
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Heat wire transferring certain amounts of heat into a memory shape alloy to make the wing bend and straighten up at will?

But where does Solid Snake come into all this?
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Old 7 May 2011, 13:46 (Ref:2875985)   #6
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would static electricity do the same thing.....sure i learnt something in physics about it being able to change the shape of certain objects.....


come to think about it wasnt max mosely harping on about that sort of thing being part of the potential rules about 5 years back but everyone thought he was mad?
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Old 7 May 2011, 13:53 (Ref:2875998)   #7
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Cameras I believe
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Old 7 May 2011, 14:36 (Ref:2876055)   #9
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Cameras I believe
Makes the most sense.. but one for each side of the wing?
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Cameras I believe
YEH YEH...thats what red bull WANT you to believe!!!!....really its cables to their MAGIC PADDLE
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Surely that's what controls Red Bulls flexible wings?
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Surely that's what controls Red Bulls flexible wings?
Apart from the humorous part, how does a cable from tire to nose cone influences the front wing ?
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Apart from the humorous part, how does a cable from tire to nose cone influences the front wing ?
You're looking at the wrong thing. He's on about those tiny thin wires poking out from where the wing's been ripped off.
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Old 7 May 2011, 21:48 (Ref:2876484)   #14
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Most probably for strain gauges. Theere are strain gauges on the jet flaps and on the bottom of the wing mounting to directly mesure wing displacement/doenforce and predict failure/detect damage.

Too small to be current carrying, they are voltage only which is a give away. Can only be camera or strain gauges IMO.
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Most probably for strain gauges. Theere are strain gauges on the jet flaps and on the bottom of the wing mounting to directly mesure wing displacement/doenforce and predict failure/detect damage.

Too small to be current carrying, they are voltage only which is a give away. Can only be camera or strain gauges IMO.
Thank you, I didn't know that. Must be strain gauges then, its unlikely
they would wire both sides of the wing for one camera.
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Old 7 May 2011, 19:50 (Ref:2876425)   #16
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They're the high-tech equivalent of those anti-static rubber strips old people used to have on the back of their cars.
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About as serious as using grass as ballast?
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Old 7 May 2011, 21:52 (Ref:2876487)   #18
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Maybe they are just ripped off parts from the front wing? Or is that too obvious?
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