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Old 03-13-2013, 10:08 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
The low pressure of the tornado,spinning above the bed was communicated under the half-tonneau to the inner face of the tailgate;creating a beneficial pressure differential across the gate,which,along with flow reattachment atop the tonneau,created the 17% drag reduction.

Lift was cut substantially with the air crashing down onto the tonneau.
RE: Lift was cut substantially

This finding might be in a different or more recent version of the report than I have read before.

Could someone please post a link to the PDF in question?

A half a dozen posts talking about a paper not even linked to is starting to look a little silly - just my opinion.
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