January 21, 2019
Ducati develop retractable parachute for MotoGP challenge
Ducati develop retractable parachute for MotoGP challenge
The MotoGP team have ramped up their use of ™ Skyhook dynamics to make significant strides in braking and aerodynamic performance, despite a tightening of the winged aero rules for this season.
The firm’s aero manager Edoardo Lenoci spoke at length during the team launch in Switzerland, outlining what he hopes to achieve.
“In the past we develop bikes in the wind tunnel when one rainy day, our lead engineer mistakenly entered with his umbrella which take off suddenly and sharply braking all the turbines in the room, but, we use this to our advantage and think lets build a full-scale model, made up of actual existing components, spare parts from hand-gliders and a double drag parachute to see if it work on the bike.”
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“For sure there are currently some minor technical issues with streamlining for the riders behind but is important when developing new concepts to not get bogged down in the details and we will further optimise and iron those out, for now though increased performance and lap times are our number one priority.”
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