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Originally Posted by chrisgerman1983
I just had a thought... would a wing mounted on a vehicle to create lift, reduce rolling resistance enough to overcome the drag it would create?
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Hi chrisgerman1983,
This is only far-fetched by the standard of today's excellent tires and lubricants. There are wing profiles with L/D in the 20s. Rolling resistance for cars 50 or so years ago was as bad as 6% But... besides needing a lot of wing to do much good, you reduce traction by the same amount that you reduce RR, so you slide on turns and can't stop.
-mort