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After a forty-year ban, ground effect returned to Formula 1 in 2022 under the latest set of regulation changes. The effect was used in its most effective form in IndyCar designs. IndyCars did not use ground effect as substantially as Formula One. For example, they lacked the use of skirts to seal off the underbody of the car.
The 2022 Formula One season marked the biggest change to the cars in recent times. Initially meant to be introduced for the 2021 season but with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing it back a year, ground effect within Formula One cars has been reintroduced. Ground effect had been outlawed since the 1983 season. [96]
During takeoff, ground effect can cause the aircraft to "float" while below the recommended climb speed. The pilot can then fly just above the runway while the aircraft accelerates in ground effect until a safe climb speed is reached. [2] For rotorcraft, ground effect results in less drag on the rotor during hovering close to the ground. At ...
The Renault RS10, the first turbocharged car to win a Grand Prix, had ground-effect aerodynamics permitted in 1979. The new technologies introduced by Renault and Lotus became entangled in the FISA–FOCA war of the early 1980s. Turbo engines were complex machines whose layout limited the ground effect 'tunnels' under the car.
Ground effect may refer to: Ground effect (aerodynamics), the increased lift and decreased aerodynamic drag of a wing close to a fixed surface; Ground effect (cars), an effect that creates downforce, primarily in racing cars; Ground-effect vehicle, a vehicle which attains level flight near the surface of the Earth due to ground effect
Tim Kaine, D-Va. and Tom Cotton, R-Ark, introduced the Focus on Learning Act, which would require the U.S. Surgeon General to complete a study on the effects of cell phone or smartphone usage on ...
(The Center Square) – State Rep. Sheila Lieder, D-Jefferson, introduced legislation this week that would require automated commercial motor vehicles have a human present in the vehicle while on ...
A photo shows a cell where an alleged North Korean soldier held after being captured by the Ukrainian army on January 11, 2025. Earlier this month, Ukraine captured two North Korean soldiers in Kursk.