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Old 06-27-2016, 08:06 PM   #125 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Pooft Lee View Post
Increasing downforce should increase drag, but I think reducing lift is another story.
"Decreasing lift" and "increasing downforce" are different ways of referring to the same thing (coefficient of lift). Do you mean to say, "Increasing downforce with added devices such as wings should increase drag, but I think reducing lift without devices is another story"?
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