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Old 08-14-2016, 05:31 PM   #153 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
....and which way would the vortexes roll?
The longer path will be the lower pressure, lower pressure on top, gets pushed higher from higher pressure at the sides.

Same going forward as backwards, uplift of air in a rolling vortex in each configuration.

However going forward the vortexes push down on the body (downforce), going backwards uplift is the result.
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