Thread: MetroMPG's Honda Insight boat tail extension (cardboard) tuft video; ABA test +9.7%
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Old 05-04-2013, 12:59 PM   #123 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Try very small vortex generators.
Put them where the air is still going smoothly over the tail.

A 5mm thick cardboard zig-zag strip taped on should do the trick.
Has anyone tuft-tested zig-zags?
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