Thread: Car & Driver Aerodynamics Test
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Old 06-01-2014, 10:00 PM   #38 (permalink)
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ANALOGY - imagine this airplane WING airfoil as a car (lefthand pix):




...or, think about this being UPSIDE down, and think what the inverse of LIFT-INDUCED drag would be (DOWN-FORCE drag!):

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