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Old 03-22-2014, 07:48 PM   #101 (permalink)
ChazInMT
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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
I will Chaz, I'm working and posting from my phone today. I do get what you are saying but now have a new question. Why do I want any downforce? Does downforce come from drag? Forgive me I'm new to all of this.
Sorry if I seemed a little terse. I think I misspoke when I said downforce is added, I think that lifting force is reduced now that I look at the data again. The Coeficient of lift goes from .22 to .11 at 10° and to .36 when it reached 18°, so rather than "Adding Downforce" it is "Reducing Upforce". So I'm guessing that's where part of the drag reduction is coming from.

Yeah, when you get a chance to look at the paper on a big ol computer sometime, I hope it makes sense to you, I really think this would optimize your fuel savings with your project.

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