Bicycle Bob -
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob
Cars are shaped more like the "thick wake" above, so they keep the flow attached without dimples. I don't know how mythtbusters got their gains, but better driving seems likely. Dimples and other vortex generators are a way to help a bad shape, not something to plan on using. In the second illustration above, the laminar boundary layer should end at the first dimple encountered.
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Is it *possible* that golf dimpling might aid wheel covers? I ask because a wheel cover is rotating like a golf ball. Or am I just being a goof ball?
CarloSW2