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Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 22 11:22 am
by Blue
Indeed, its like watching something from the space program, it's certainly at the cutting edge of what a man in a very well equipped shed can achieve!
Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 22 1:29 pm
by Stu Twin
Dave999 wrote: Wed Feb 02, 22 9:51 am
yes this is so far off the map i never know what to say
but belive me i watch with interest
is nobody offering you a job yet...!
Dave
You could get a job as Tesco wrapping up rotisserie chickens and hot baguettes.
Stirling work by the way.
Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 22 1:49 pm
by morgan
Oh my god. I've been absent for a bit and I'd missed the one about the battery-in-the-fuel-tank.
No Will, that seems fine; I mean why WOULDNT you use an envelope of explosive fuel to cool a source of chemical ignition ??

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 22 7:11 pm
by Stu
Spotted this on a FB post the other day, is this an old pic of the Genesis of the build?
Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun May 01, 22 10:11 am
by autofetish
Radiators
Cooling is black magic and snake oil, and there is very little information in the public domain.
Most F1 teams keep their information very close, and it is tough to test prototypes. Over the last few years, we have run a few radiators and tried different things. Unfortunately, we seem to spend more time designing and testing than building.

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun May 01, 22 10:18 am
by autofetish
The basic concept was simple on paper to take high-pressure air off the nose through naca ducts.
Naca Ducts allows air to flow into an internal duct with a minimal disturbance to the flow.
The design was originally called a submerged inlet, since it consists of a shallow ramp with curved walls recessed into the exposed surface of a streamlined body, such as an aircraft.

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun May 01, 22 10:25 am
by autofetish
We spent hours looking at different ducting designs. Rad surface area, core sizes, outlets, inlets...
There are so many variables all affecting each other. Also, we need to design for a 7miles track at Bonville high altitude, high ambient temperature.
Pictures are a mix of iterations of design and how we got there.

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun May 01, 22 10:29 am
by autofetish
The design was fully completed in CAD, and we carried out a full flow and CFD simulation on both the air and waterside and their interaction with each other.

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun May 01, 22 10:37 am
by Stu
Uncanny timing, we were only talking about this last night and wondering where you’d got to.

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun May 01, 22 10:40 am
by autofetish
We had customer cores made to our specification from Thickness /fins per inch/header tank flow veins.

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Sun May 01, 22 10:42 am
by autofetish
Enjoy

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Mon May 02, 22 9:35 pm
by Pete
Back in the game, ehh???
Good stuff.
Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Tue May 03, 22 9:46 am
by Blue
I'm sure you've already taken it into account but won't exiting the spent hot air underneath cause lift or does it just assist with scavenging?
Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Tue May 03, 22 8:17 pm
by autofetish
Pete wrote: Mon May 02, 22 9:35 pm
Back in the game, ehh???
Good stuff.
Yes back in the game.
Have created a mini me
boy is doing well now back full throttle on the bike.

Re: Fifty shades of Jade
Posted: Tue May 03, 22 8:28 pm
by Pete
Great news!
Love to all!!