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Old 05-29-2011, 03:26 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by robchalmers View Post
Overall - it counld be used to extend the chord lenth of the body flowin through the air and therefore reduces the relative camber of the top surface but bonneville 'spoilers' don't create downforce or negative lift - they reduce aid the laminar seperation of flow from the rear of the vehicle. You've choose a bad example there mate. sorry
I didn't choose a bad example. I said they don't create lift, even though flow is fast over the top and nonexistent (or almost) below. If the Bernoulli effect is as powerful as some believers in the myth think, a spoiler like that would increase lift.
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