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Old 10-22-2010, 04:55 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by d0sitmatr View Post
the one thing you should realize with those wingtails is they are used as both a stabilizer and for downforce to the rear end.
my guess is putting it at a slight angle down from the trunk lid would have more of a beneficial FE than straight out from the tail end ?
In another thread we speculated that the spoiler also "intersects" the boattail :



You will see in the above that the "line" looks like it cuts through the vertical fin of the spoiler, but that is because the boattail/teardrop is intersecting the horizontal spoiler. Hope that makes sense.

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