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Originally Posted by Nerys
Frank I agree 99.99999999% of spoilers are PURELY for looks.
but I swear I read somewhere of a car that had lift issues making it "light" ie dangerous under certain conditions so they added a spoiler not to create down force but to "disrupt" the airflow to kill any generated lift.
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This is what a true "spoiler" does. It "spoils" the airflow. There are some experimental aircraft that use spoilers instead of ailerons. You activate the spoiler - that wing loses lift and drops - the aircraft turns. They don't put unnecessary crap on airplanes just because it looks cool.