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Old 04-03-2012, 11:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
jeongyun
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
I think the whole point of the template is to have neutral (no) lift. It is in ground effect and operates in the real world of approaches and departure angles and thus that is why it doesn't look like a true airfoil.
It doesn't seem so. Rathe the opposite.

In fact, coefficient of lift was greater when the airfoil was closer to the ground.
In mid air CoL was 0.928.
In the picture below, CoL is 0.978.




With front air dam. there's net downforce

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