Abstract
In this project, I immersed myself into the world of Formula One aerodynamics. The goal of this project was to design different front wings, in the style of Formula One front wings, and then find out what effect different aspects have on the amount of downforce produced by them in a small model car.
To accomplish this, I built a model car, which had an easily exchangeable front wing. 5 different kinds of front wings, each with a different idea behind them, were designed using CAD and 3D printed. These different front wings were then attached to the model and these different configurations were tested in a wind tunnel. The ZHAW offered me time in their wind tunnel to test the model. A basic theoretical knowledge about fluid dynamics had to be built up to design the wings and understand the data.
It turned out that even at such a small scale, a slight difference in the design of the front wings made a considerable difference to the amount of downforce created. These differences were able to be analyzed and mostly explained on a theoretical level.
