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Old 03-01-2012, 10:06 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Yaw stability is handled pretty well on modern cars. Any better is a bonus, and imo not a driving factor for design. I CFD Phil's aero template, expecting high lift, and it was CL 0.069 or so. Even the 2.5:1 ellipse is very low. Even though they appear to be wings, optimal shapes are better in every way than non optimal shapes (maybe I'm stating the obvious).
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