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Old 20-06-2006
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Originally Posted by DCM
I dunno, one part of me says, phot angle etc but my engineering mind has already calculated how a wing deflection like that can happen, lol.... Distortion shouldn't happen if the mounts are reasonably stiff and that distance apart, the whole idea of it is to stop the ends of the wings from flapping.

As I say, it could be a slight twist in the chassis (which most cars do) being over amplified due to it being further away from the 'stiff' part of the chassis.

Hi steve, the wing mount height hasnt changed. The right rear corner of the wing has been deflected down, the wing, pivoting on the wing mount, has pushed the centre of the wing upwards, twisting it in exactly the same way as all the photos I showed you of other cars. The only difference is the way the wing is mounted- the twisting from landing is the same.

This is a very very silly conversation though I have to say.
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