Thread: Safe drafting and impact on mpg
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Old 01-03-2013, 05:15 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Here is a video of a tuft testing I did a few months ago. Notice at 3:10 how the airflow is somewhat attached (center of rear glass) and becomes very turbulent and detached when I stop drafting the bus in front of me.
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