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Old 04-05-2013, 11:53 PM   #6 (permalink)
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If the answer is in the book, I'll say fair enough; but if not...

I took notice of:
Issue: 497 Section: Technical Features 9 September, 2008
The Patent Files: Pneumatic Aerofoils!
Blowing air over wings to give extra downforce!

A VW flat 4 disgorges approximately 1000cfm at 5 psi of engine cooling air. If the boattail rear of a car was as #38 in the patent, how many square feet of cross-section area could be supported pneumatically with that amount of air?
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