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Old 01-30-2013, 03:44 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tesla View Post
The size of the trip is proportional to the object size & length, I believe it is related to the thickness of the boundary layer, which gets thicker the further down the boundary layer you go.
As a guesstimate
A mirror may only require a few 3mm (1/8") of disturbance.
A small car, say 6mm (1/4")
A van maybe 12-25mm (1/2 to 1")
and a large truck 25 - 40mm (1-1 1/2")
Ok, this makes a bit more sense. so, at a compromise for the most common sized vehicles, would potentially be a 3/8" trip? at least for baseline, makes me want to break out the clay and test... why haven't i done this yet lol..

Regarding the Mirror folded in, well, it only folds in 15-20*, useless, I don't even know why they made it pivot in the first place, only benefit, would be to take it off! but i can't while the fiance is driving it
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