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Old 07-16-2016, 02:07 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by skyking View Post
That third graph is what I was worried about Phil. It plots the height, not the angle and shows an increase as the height goes above a small value.
Opposite over Adjacent = 7/96 =.072916
angle is 4.17 degrees.
The ground clearance is 12", and yes it would have radiused corners.
If this long rising diffuser helps, I'd make a 4 sided boat tail instead of the simple two sides, two rounded corners, and top.
So many of the members have had to compromise on angles in order to 'survive' the real world of driving.
If you can do the passive,articulated diffuser,that'd be great,if not you're still probably at the cutting edge.
A 4-degree diffuser would have a 6.7" rise over 8-ft (bad night's sleep,hope that's right).
At 7" you'd be looking pretty good!
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