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28 Aug 2017, 23:30 (Ref:3762486) | #1 | |
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What will the future F1 engine be?
My guess is simply a V6, without MGU-H
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29 Aug 2017, 04:16 (Ref:3762512) | #2 | ||
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3 litre flat 12 sounds like fun.
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29 Aug 2017, 05:20 (Ref:3762516) | #3 | ||
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Fairly obvious it will be electric.
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29 Aug 2017, 08:25 (Ref:3762548) | #4 | |
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They've already made steps to stop using the term 'engine' by referring to things as a Power Unit.
As Armco says, it's almost certain that the drive will be from electric motors (rather than 'engines'), but what's up for discussion and is really really interesting if you're an engineering or science nerd is what the power source will be. By that I don't mean whether the cars themselves will carry lithium battery packs (or carbon nanotube batteries, or some other exotic technology that we don't have yet) but where does the power to drive the motors come from? Could be on-board hydrogen fuel cells, could be solar, could be wind, could be coal/petrol/gas (stranger things have happened), could be nuclear, could be we have a Norwegian GP powered by hydro-electricity There's all manner of untapped potential sponsors if F1 starts looking at it from the full lifecycle of the car and energy source. It'll be interesting, that's for sure. All that said... I don't think F1 will be in the vanguard of these technologies; I think it'll lag behind. Last edited by Greem; 29 Aug 2017 at 08:54. Reason: Egads, your/you're slippage! |
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Why does it have to be only a 1.6 V6 turbo? Imagine how interesting it would be to have the V4 2.0 turbo of the Porsche 919 in the McLaren or the Red Bull. Why not an atmospheric V8, V10 or V12 too? Hand to hand with the turbo like in the 80s. Even Honda with its disastrous current performance could turn to its NRE 4 in line 2.0 of the SuperGT or the V6 2.2 turbo of Indy Cars that perhaps could work better than the current engine. |
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29 Aug 2017, 13:41 (Ref:3762621) | #8 | ||
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Why dont road cars and racing cars use detachable batteries that can be removed and then just a new one just slotted into its place within a few seconds? I can appreciate they would be very heavy, we have to remove battery units from our server room UPS and its takes two of us to lift them, however the principle is the same, and also it shares more in common with having to re-fuel in a "current" car. Why can't you pull into a "Charge Station", have your battery slotted out, then have another put into your car and then off you go, 2 min and you are done, just like a normal fuel stop today?
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29 Aug 2017, 14:48 (Ref:3762633) | #9 | |
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Hopefully not electric, F1 cars need noise. The hybrids have probably had their day though
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29 Aug 2017, 14:53 (Ref:3762638) | #10 | |
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The stated goals are cheaper, simpler and louder. I suspect...
* Hybrid will remain * Maybe a bump in the amount of energy that can be used by the hybrid side. * No MGU-H. Just MGU-K * Likely mandated to be a V design, but unlikely V10 or V12. There may be cost savings to keep the basic V6 rough spec, but it could easily be a V8 due to sound quality. * I am on the fence regarding turbo remaining. * Rework of fuel allowance scheme. That may be the main factor to help with the "sound". Less required efficiency of the ICE should result in more energy being converted to sound. This may also be an argument for dropping the turbo. I think the above checks the required boxes. I think nearly zero chance of it being a full electric solution. Richard |
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How far in the future?
Whilst I have no problem with regular road cars moving to becoming EVs, I don't like the idea of losing sound. I wouldn't be against the idea of a hydrogen ICE (not fuel cell) to retain the sound of engines that we love. |
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i had assumed it was just easier to say PU but, as you suggest, the name change can also be seen as a sign of changes yet to come....i like that. my two cents..i really like the current direction of looking for increases in thermal efficiency and energy recovery from heat and exhaust gas systems. i cant say i fully understand the engineering side of it but i do appreciate the complexity and challenge of it so personally i would like to see them continue down the hybrid path. |
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29 Aug 2017, 21:27 (Ref:3762774) | #13 | |
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I think the next generation of PU's will be similar to the current ones with greater braking energy recovery ( will they be able to use the front axle as it would play havoc with the aero?) and motors similar to what we have now.
The following generation will possibly be a large electric motor/generator with a power out put similar to today's cars but being supplied by possibly an ICE running at constant revs driving a generator supplying a battery. |
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29 Aug 2017, 21:52 (Ref:3762783) | #14 | |
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I just hope Mercedes doesn't get to decide what it is again.
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I am preying they dump the stupid heat generator, its not road relevant, I have worked on them before and they are awful things and OEM's are not remotley interested in them.
I would like to see them use the front wheels to generate and deploy energy, and just leave the rear axle for the engine to deal with, much like the front of an LMP1 Otherwise the engine can just be a simple V6 single or twin turbo, with electronic boost assist, thats quite road relevant at the moment. TJI miust stay as thats highly road relevant to make gasoline engines less polluting and more fuel efficient. but I am adamant the heat generator is an utter waste of time and money . |
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Drive to the lift station, do the equivalent of spreading the fork's legs, disconnect everything, haul away the old pack & slide in a new one. It can take between 30 minutes and an hour, with a couple of blokes or blokettes around to do the spanner twirling, the power disconnect/reconnect, and the required health & safety mob with fire equipment and other stuff in case of emergency. And some time to start up the fresh battery and have it talk to the electronics (control unit, GPS etc) on the forklift. It would be nice if it were as quick as slotting a fresh set of AAA batteries into the teev remote. We aren't there just yet. And it would arguably make for quite an uninteresting pitstop if they did... |
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