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Old 12-28-2010, 08:36 PM   #41 (permalink)
ConnClark
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Originally Posted by ChazInMT View Post
Show me a real scientific study that shows airtabs have helped with fuel efficiency on anything.
Although hosted on their site the test was not done by airtabs http://www.airtab.com/MicrosoftWordHondaWTReportV6.pdf

to quote the inventor who worked for nasa "This application for VGs should be tested on a hatchback or van where the base area is a very large fraction of the car's frontal area."

here is a Nasa document on the successful spin off of the airtab technology http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...2009001813.pdf

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