Aerofoil Manufacturers
ARC
A range of aluminium diffusers, focused on Nissan cars like the 350Z and
Skyline but features products from other manufacturers.
DJ Racecars
DJ Racecars manufacture a highly regarded range of carbon-fibre
composite
aerofoils/wings, both
finished bolt on units and as a 'kits of parts'. The designer of these
aerofoils is Simon McBeath author of "Competition
Car Downforce".
SPA Design
As our company name suggests Race Car Aerofoils are also one of
our specialities. Manufactured from high grade materials SPA Aerofoils
can supply a wide variety of profiles and sizes allowing the customer a
multiplicity of choice in both Aerofoil Design and
Installation.
The Wing
Shop
The wing profiles, designed
by SM Designs's Simon McBeath ( author of
"Competition Car Aerodynamics" )
have either been evaluated in the
MIRA
full scale wind tunnel, and/or
by computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Analysis of all this information has provided valuable technical support
and development data.
We also have university-based R & D projects
enabling ongoing product improvement. And we are now using Fluent's
Flowizard
(TM) software for in-house mapping and development.
USA
Pennon
All Pennon diffusers are constructed from military aircraft spec
aluminum honeycomb, infused with Dow toughened epoxy resin and vacuum
baked into proprietary weave fabrics. These extreme measures result in
the strongest, stiffest, lightest, undertrays possible.
Measuring
ARC (Down Force Meter)
「走行風による車体への荷重効果」これがダウンフォースです。ダウンフォースの影響はタイヤの接地性能を左右し、コーナリングや直進安定性に影響をおよぼします。このダウンフォースを求める手段としてウィングが大きな効果を発揮しますが、ウィング角や羽根の形状によるでセッティングは感覚が頼りでした。ARCダウンフォースメータはこの感覚でのセッティングからデータによるセッティングを可能にしました。ダウンフォースの大きさと前後左右の加速度による計測データからウィング角の調整を容易にします。