The Atom 3 wings we always said were just for looks - because we never tested them and we are ok with that!
Then we tested them - and found that you can put in too much Angle of Attack on the rear one - it negates the effect of front aerofoil doing its job at Maximum AoA. The air is dirty back there (for Atom 2 / 3 3.5)
However there are measurable and repeatable gains.
The Atom 4 wings have had many hours of testing thrown at them, and provide much more downforce than the Atom 2 / 3 / 3.5 ones. Maybe one day we will have some real world figures to publish. The likelihood is that we wont... Sorry...
Were not big on publishing figures for things like aero - if we put it £ per KG of downforce, it would look fairly meagre. The car is also not a 'downforce car' like a Radical.
So we keep the details to our selves and attempt to make setup choices much simpler. On the whole - this is where we aim, and where most of our customers are in the spectrum.
Serious racers and lap time junkies will buy an F3, Formula Renault, Radical etc etc etc where milimeter measurements on wings do actually count...
From our Experience at MIRA:
There isnt a huge amount of downforce with Atom 3 wings (but we all knew that). The thing that they do achieve however is to settle the car into a much more neutral and predictable attitude (and do provide some downforce!)
The Rear wing affects the car much more than the front.
An advised wing setup would be - Rear Minimum - Medium AoA, Front Medium - Maximum AoA - depending on how much drage penalty you want to sacrifice. Long fast tracks id say keep the AoA 'flatter' and shorter tracks, increase it a little.
If in doubt, set the rear to minimum and the front to maximum and leave it there! Its not the most efficient setup, for drag or downforce, but its the easiest to achieve.
Any more questions - please email me on my work email address!
All the best
and happy wing fiddling...
The Atom 3 wings we always said were just for looks - because we never tested them and we are ok with that!
Then we tested them - and found that you can put in too much Angle of Attack on the rear one - it negates the effect of front aerofoil doing its job at Maximum AoA. The air is dirty back there (for Atom 2 / 3 3.5) [b]However [/b]there are measurable and repeatable gains.
The Atom 4 wings have had many hours of testing thrown at them, and provide much more downforce than the Atom 2 / 3 / 3.5 ones. Maybe one day we will have some real world figures to publish. The likelihood is that we wont... Sorry...
Were not big on publishing figures for things like aero - if we put it £ per KG of downforce, it would look fairly meagre. The car is also not a 'downforce car' like a Radical.
So we keep the details to our selves and attempt to make setup choices much simpler. On the whole - this is where we aim, and where most of our customers are in the spectrum.
Serious racers and lap time junkies will buy an F3, Formula Renault, Radical etc etc etc where milimeter measurements on wings do actually count...
From our Experience at MIRA:
There isnt a huge amount of downforce with Atom 3 wings (but we all knew that). The thing that they do achieve however is to settle the car into a much more neutral and predictable attitude (and do provide some downforce!)
The Rear wing affects the car much more than the front.
An advised wing setup would be - Rear Minimum - Medium AoA, Front Medium - Maximum AoA - depending on how much drage penalty you want to sacrifice. Long fast tracks id say keep the AoA 'flatter' and shorter tracks, increase it a little.
If in doubt, set the rear to minimum and the front to maximum and leave it there! Its not the most efficient setup, for drag or downforce, but its the easiest to achieve.
Any more questions - please email me on my work email address!
All the best :tu: and happy wing fiddling...