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Post by Marie de Lacrowe on Nov 20, 2021 18:37:36 GMT
I would like to know if the Lotus 72 of the 73-74 season had the hydraulic management for the rear wing. Looking at the car from the images, you can see a connection structure on the rear wing for the Lotus 72 and then on the 76 which is more complex than the opposing cars. However I do not have the clarity if there was a hydraulic control or not but I would be interested to know the opinion of others on the matter.
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Post by Michael Drechsler on Nov 20, 2021 19:25:12 GMT
What would that have done? Wings that could be adjusted while driving were forbidden since the 1969 Monaco GP weekend.
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Post by Christoffer Gadd on Nov 21, 2021 19:06:12 GMT
The regulations stated that the rear wing had to be firmly fixed into place. The team figured out that the scrutineer testing the wing wouldn't be able to exert more than one-eight of the downforce that would be applied at a circuit such as Monza. In 1972 the team fitted a rubber bush into the wing at the top of the oil tank. The wing would flatten on the straights and revert to its original shape in the curves. The wing eventually had telescopic struts installed to support the wing. They quitely abandoned the concept once a trailing driver noticed that there was something odd going on with the rear of the Lotus. That's what I found in my Haynes Manual about the car.
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Post by David Sabre on Nov 21, 2021 19:34:50 GMT
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Post by Marie de Lacrowe on Nov 23, 2021 15:01:29 GMT
 So on the Lotus rear wing there was indeed an unconventional system that could move albeit not hydraulically. One of my curiosities in the restoration of this beautiful car, winner of a very difficult world championship |
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