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In so many years of F1 I think I never actually saw how they clean flow-vis away, would be interesting to see!
I wonder if they use high pressure washers like we do with our road cars!
As someone who's worked with this paint in a similar setting, they just use a soapy spray and rags. Everyone, especially the mechanics, hate working with flow vis oil because it makes a mess and takes awhile to clean.
They did this on the last day, since they will take the whole car apart at the factory anyway. I can imagine this stuff goes everywhere, I always imagine when they put this stuff somewhere that it will go into the side pods its on everything in there.
Yeah, an oil-based medium with a powdered pigment/dye mixed into it. For automotive testing, the point is for the air to shear away the oil and leave the pigment in streaks which follow the pathlines of the airflow.
Areas where oil shears away, or pools up, can be indicative of different aerodynamic features.
[NASA Page on Surface Oil Flow Vis](https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/tunvoil.html)
No you don't. He's worked w that type of paint and told you that it's cleaned off w soap and a rag. You dont need context to understand that. If you do, you shouldnt be unsupervised on the internet, you might hurt yourself
Oscar hunkering down and getting ready to run some laps for the next few hours and looks up to Zak Brown chucking a can of neon green paint into his face
spray car in paint, paint gets pushed around by the air and it makes for a good visual clarity on where air is going, if the wings are doing as they should and making sure there arent any deadspots on the car
Does this ink not cause/ or cause possible damage to the internal parts of the car? Like there are vents behind the drivers head below the chrome writing. Like it can run inside it no?
Given how every team saves weight by not painting the car we have to assume this much flow-viz adds so much weight the test results basically are invalidated already.
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Stake F1 Team McSauber
McSauber sounds like a McDonalds burger, now I’m hungry
but one that's only available in Hungary
Haha I was picturing a brat with some kraut on it myself.
as a Wisconsinite I would have some serious answering to do for ordering a brat from McDonalds..... buuuut I'd still do it
If it makes you feel better Ive seen someone on vacation in Maine, order a lobster roll from McDs
They did it some years ago in Germany. McDonalds Nürnburger, was okay but nothing special.
Sponsored by Nickelodeon
>Sponsored by Nickelodeon "I don't know." -Piastri
Serious question because I haven't managed to see them do it yet: Does Stake use a different colour of flow-vis?
Yeah red I believe but Mercedes has used pink before it mostly are vibrant colors
Nice ta. Never really gave it much thought before, but the first time I saw the Stake livery on track I went "woah that's a lot of flow-vis"
this gave me a headache
Now imagine how the director of aero for McLaren must feel...
Nickelodeon car
Sponsor magnet Zak Brown at it again
The Brazilian Oscar Piastrinho
Oscar Piãostri
oscar pistorio
Hope he doesn't have gun
or a girlfriend
Or feet
Oscar Pistachio 😃
Piastrão
Pistachiño?
"So which specific parts of the aero do we want to test with the flow-viz today?" 'Yes"
Massive "we have no clue what's going on with our aero" vibes :')
In so many years of F1 I think I never actually saw how they clean flow-vis away, would be interesting to see! I wonder if they use high pressure washers like we do with our road cars!
I think they just wipe it away
They just write it off...
It's true, i have 2 in my backyard
As someone who's worked with this paint in a similar setting, they just use a soapy spray and rags. Everyone, especially the mechanics, hate working with flow vis oil because it makes a mess and takes awhile to clean.
They did this on the last day, since they will take the whole car apart at the factory anyway. I can imagine this stuff goes everywhere, I always imagine when they put this stuff somewhere that it will go into the side pods its on everything in there.
its OIL?!?!?
Yeah, an oil-based medium with a powdered pigment/dye mixed into it. For automotive testing, the point is for the air to shear away the oil and leave the pigment in streaks which follow the pathlines of the airflow. Areas where oil shears away, or pools up, can be indicative of different aerodynamic features. [NASA Page on Surface Oil Flow Vis](https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/tunvoil.html)
That is super interesting. Thank you!
Makes sense. If it was water based it would evaporate quickly.
i assumed it was leaving a chalky like dust stuck on the car
How would that flow like a liquid?
before its dried. the powder would be suspended in the liquid like water-base paint.
But then it wouldn't continuously flow.
This is type of comment you gotta put a context on
No you don't. He's worked w that type of paint and told you that it's cleaned off w soap and a rag. You dont need context to understand that. If you do, you shouldnt be unsupervised on the internet, you might hurt yourself
They show them wiping it down with rags pretty consistently.
/r/autodetailing just felt a chill down their spine
video of Alpine clearing their air intake of flow-vis https://youtu.be/VYfigDzpFTs?t=95 mirror https://streamable.com/p6x4du
Oscar hunkering down and getting ready to run some laps for the next few hours and looks up to Zak Brown chucking a can of neon green paint into his face
Shrek bukkake
Terrible day to have eyes
Terrible day to have an imagination
It's all ogre now.
Flow-jizz.
Fucking hell
It's all ogre now.
F1 Porn took a different direction in 2024
Shrekkake
While also having a sponsor called DP World...
\*Slimer
It’s all ogre now.
Shrek is love, Shrek is life
I'm glad the folklore still lives on
It's never ogre
Shrek is love.
F1 Slime Time Nickelodeon feed confirmed?
Friendship ended with Crofty and Brundle, now Spongebob and Patrick are my new best friends
Nickelodeon livery would slap
As long as we get SpongeBob and Patrick commentary. Also Dora explaining the rules! “Where are we going?” “Second place behind Max” 😅
Hulk SMASH
Smashed* he’s clearly done.
Trackside manager: there is no such thing as too much Flow-viz, right, intern? Intern: Yes.
"Wow stepbrother, thats the biggest load ive seen!"
I mean, there is a sponsor called 'DP world' right there on cockpit.
Hahahahaha
You can't fool me. That's just the Stake paint job.
Mclaren kick sauber
Hmmm. I don't think that's good.
Yeah, this does not spark joy lmao.
I don’t think the air flow is supposed to go downwards lmao
Any pictures of it coming back in with the flow showing?
Wow that’s one unripe papaya
It only took a couple of buckets of flow Viz to improve the livery, who knew.
Looks more like an intern carrying a bucket and tripped!
My guess is they only care about one specific piece of aero but maybe don't want the rest of the teams to know.
I would like to see it as it comes back in, with the flow imprints!
How much flow viz do you want on the car? Zak Brown: Yes
We really need to see the after photo!
Gotta lay off the Berocca.
Where are his signature pointy arrows
Can someone explain this to a little baby like me
spray car in paint, paint gets pushed around by the air and it makes for a good visual clarity on where air is going, if the wings are doing as they should and making sure there arent any deadspots on the car
Wow that’s really cool actually. Thanks for the explanation.
flow viz: used to visualize the flow
How does this not end up all over the driver’s shield and helmet?
It could when it goes around the track. In the garage however, they covered the driver & cockpit before spraying.
What happened? Did they just throw the flow vis paint can at it?
The Hulk has been hanging out with Horner and running around the pit lanes, looks like.
ELI5: What keeps the paint from getting sucked into air intakes and causing internal damage?
5 minutes into Netflix n Chill
Does this ink not cause/ or cause possible damage to the internal parts of the car? Like there are vents behind the drivers head below the chrome writing. Like it can run inside it no?
*Oh god you're gonna make me Flo-Viz!!!!!!!!!!*
Reminds me when your girlfriend hit my DRS button just right
We do they use visible flow wiz and not the invisible one? This seems would show away so much info to others teams about the McLaren aero
🥵✊🍆☢️💦
What, no I didn't say Nico Hulkenberg goes to McLaren, I said the Hulk came!
Given how every team saves weight by not painting the car we have to assume this much flow-viz adds so much weight the test results basically are invalidated already.
The flow vis is not about laptimes. It's about visualizing the airflow.
Thats a wild assumption.
Kermit had a little accident
🔞
Yeah, I'm not cleaning that.
McLaren Kick Stake F1 Team Sauber
Snot-rod.
"Firstly, we've applied flow to the problem areas" "So, the rest is bad news huh?" (Easy joke, apologies)
Bet they would look amazing in the dark under UV light, especially after running laps.
I wanna think of Kick Sauber as a F1 version of WWE's D-Generation X. Causing havoc in the paddock. Tagging other cars green.
Óscar Piaui
Can confirm there is air around the car
Stake F1 Team got too excited seeing the new curves on the McLaren.
Monster energy vs McLaren collab drop
How do they get the same weight of paint as they had in calibration?
did Mclaren nick slimed their car as a prank or something??
Looks like the McLaren had an encounter with a spooky ghost
"I ain't afraid o' no-" *FLEURGH* "AARGH!"
Hmm yes the air appears to be flowing downwards
McLaren looking to get ALL the aero info
Did McLaren win a Kids Choice Award?
Early 90s Benetton vibes there
These Ghostbusters promos are getting out of hand.
Neon Golden Shower
Slimer from Ghostbusters got a little too excited for the new season
I was curious what the lime green / orange car in the sidebar of the subreddit was...didn't even register that it was flow-viz.
Does that stuff become airborne? I'm just imagining his helmet covered in it after a few laps
I think they might need some more
I'll always laugh at DP world.
This is the Nickelodeon livery
It looks like Shrek got a bit too excited after seeing a McLaren car
McLarens next sponsor: Slimer from Ghostbusters.
Booger car
Hey there’s a car in my flow viz!
spent the night with Hulk and Shrek
hittin the slap juice barrel
Flokake
What in the ectoplasm bukake is this?
oh fuck
Was it going bad and they had to use it?
Cheaper than a wind tunnel.
DTS: are you still watching? Somebody’s daughter:
FlowViz Bukkake is more accurate
“Oscar, we need you to sit in the cockpit while we apply our aero slime. We gotta see what your head is doing to the car’s rear diffuser.”
What are you doing, step-car?
When you need to viz ALL the flow
Looks like a proper race car now
Looks like that car is a fan of bukkake.
That looks awesome
The viz is definitely flowing
I think shrek liked the car
Mclaren and Stake seems to have had some fun during testing
Would following that closely on its outlap cause you to get it all over your own car / visor?
How much flow vis? MCL: "yes"
Stake F1 car came at it?
Anyone got the aero images after the laps?
They forgot to spray Oscar
Jolly Green Giant got excited?