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Old 08-22-2011, 02:33 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
Would there be any merit to increasing the body size of a side mirror so that it is elongated?

If this mirror were large enough, you could even sneak in some downforce for racing.

My better judgement tells me the smaller the mirror, the better. However if you look at some motorcycle mirrors they can get pretty long, even though the glass/mirror area is the same.

I drew such a mirror up, with Gurney flap like spoilers it looks just like a Goldfish. However, it might work better, if it works at all, without these vortex creators.

In fact you might want to view this as a mirror image Kammback mirror, if there ever was such a thing.

I get crazy ideas all the time. You won't hurt my feeling if you think this one fails to swim up river.
You might find this interesting.

Especially Figures 12 and 13.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...pes-11183.html

Jim.
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