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Old 12-13-2011, 09:21 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bdufur View Post
Kach22i - are you recommending I consider some winglets instead of a kammback or other design?
I have no proof that fins on a car works, if they do then all those cars including concept cars from the 1950's - 1960's were not so silly after all.

I could not find a good Kammback diagram or wind tunnel snapshot showing the flow over the roof.

Won't any large flat-ish plane cause air to roll over it sideways and then start forming a vortex as it leaves the corner/edges?

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