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Originally Posted by greenplat0
The dimples on a golf ball allow it to fly further by reducing drag. is this something a round rear end on a vehicle can take advantage of?
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They reduce the air's tendency to detach from the golf ball, effectively reducing its wake.
This could possibly be made to work on a car, but it won't be easy to devise something that actually works, and won't be easy to verify.
I wouldn't go dimpling my car, if I were you
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i'm sure that this is all alot of dumb questions, but i ask in the hope that they are not.
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They are not exactly dumb questions, as millions have been / are being poured into researching them by the military.