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Old 03-14-2014, 10:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A thought on retractable spoilers

So "active aero" is kind of the new hot thing in sports cars these days, it seems like a lot of cars are coming with retractable spoilers.

Some supercars have massive retractable wings on them, and that got me thinking, if you look at the LFA's wing for example it has those nice fat turned down "wingtips". What if these could be extended behind the car instead of up to make the tail longer? The LFA wing would then be kind of like a Bonneville spoiler, and if it were a little wider the plates on the side would be able to interact with the flow around the side of the car.

You could take this to the bottom of the car too, the LaFerrari and 918 Spyder have moving diffusers. If they had extending diffusers instead, you could get some significant boattailing done especially on cars that aren't tall.

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