PICTURE: Inside the Ducati MotoGP 'salad box'…

Ten months after its ꦦ168澳洲5最新开奖结果:public debut at the Sepang Mot𝐆oGP test, the contents of the mysteri꧑ous Ducati 'salad box🅷' have been briefly exposed.

It was inevitable that accident damage would one day cause the carbon-fibre box to break apart, as occurred when D🦋anilo Petrucci fell on the fღinal day of the recent Jerez test.

PICTURE: Inside the Ducati 'salad box'…

Ten months after its 1🍰68澳洲5最新开奖结果:public debut at the💃 Sepang MotoGP test, the contents of the 💖mysterious Ducati 'salad🥃 box' have been briefly exposed.

It was inevitable that acciden༒t damage would one day cause the carbon-fibre box to break apart, as occurred when Daniloꩵ Petrucci fell on the final day of the recent Jerez test.

But all it revealed was a further metal box, connected with som𒁃e electronicsไ, inside which the real secrets remain safely hidden.

Additional Dorna TV footage of the damaged box on Petrucci's bike, broadcast on the official MotoGP website,  (subscription needed). However, like the wuqian0821.com image above and video below,𒉰 the footage is not clear enough to give a definiܫtive answer of what the box is for.

As one paddock technical expert confirmed: "Honestly, based on the pictures I don’t think anybody can te🍌ll exa♉ctly what it is."

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Past theories for the purpose of the 'salad box' have ranged from the mundane (a storage place for the electronics) to the exotic (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:a mass damper or gyroscope).

One feasible suggestion following the new images is that the metal box could be powering an exhaust valve, but the box is far larger than would be needed🌜 for that taඣsk alone.

Instead, others remain more convinced than ever that the box contains some sort of mass damper, either conventio♉nal or gyroscopic.

While a normal mass damper would probably be used to help absorb knocks, vibrations and/or chatter, the rotation of a spinning mass damper could also resist the normal gy🉐roscopic forces present on a motorcycle and - for example - help when trying to lift the bike on the exit of corners.

Most trackside observers agree that the handling♎ of the Ducati has improved this season.

The advantage of a spinning disc to counter such forces is that📖 less mass would ⛎be needed compared to a conventional system moving a weight back and forth.

The below video shows how a small spinning gyroscope, of roughly the size that would fit into the Ducati🐻 box, can help soften vibrations.

But for now such theories remain speculation 𝔍and, given the sturdy metal casing of the newly revealed inner box, its secrets are unlikely to be conclusively known until Ducati chooses to announce them.

Unsurprisingly, Ducati told wuqian0821.com they have nothing furth🍎er to add about the contents of the box at this stage... 'sorry'.

But at least we know it's not just for salad - the joke made by test rider Michele Pirro to deflect questions at January'💛s Sepang test.

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