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Old 08-29-2012, 07:11 PM   #128 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Hope you'll post the tuft test video results. Remember: you don't have to go fast to tuft test. The air behaves the same at 25 mph as it does at 65.
Not that I'm doubting your expertise, but it would make more sense to me that at 65 mph, the angle required for attached flow would be a much lower angle than at 25 mph because at 25 mph, the air has more time to move down and in. As many of you have said before, aero doesn't not always follow logic and I'm just wondering if you can explain why it acts the same at 25 as 65. Just trying to learn!
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