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Old 01-07-2011, 10:42 PM   #112 (permalink)
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Pretty clever idea of using the snow to see the flow behind the car !
Are you going to tuft test it next ?
Tuft testing shows what's happening more thoroughly, and shows just where the flow patterns are on the car.
With a smoke ( or snow ) test you can see the flow just above the car, but you are still pretty much blind as to where your problem areas are.

Here is an example :

There is plenty of turbulence behind the cab on this truck, but the smoke seems to make a perfect arc . It only shows half the story.

An ideal test would be to have both a smoke test and a tuft test at the same time like this one :

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