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Old 11-14-2010, 06:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Well done, you found something re: ducts (f-duct)! Unfortunately that is not a circumstance of straight-forward drag reduction; it is a special racing circumstance of desiring to control the downforce and drag characteristics of a wing via skirting the rules that state one cannot have moveable wing elements. While they welcome drag reduction whenever they can get it, their main goal is downforce production. I don't see it being applicable to the street unless your street machine is designed for illegal speeds and sports a wing.

You could do an Ecomodder search for "duct" and find 124 hits to dig through...
"" to see the usefulness of ducts but for an entirely different purpose! ""

been following F1 aero since the 14.4 modem days.
now that IS wichcraft!
the f-duct is soon to be outlawed
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