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Old 02-19-2017, 04:07 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I'd forgotten that example. The difference to the dive planes is that they aren't canted as you'd expect a vortex generator to be.

I guess it's like fences on a diverter, channeliizing the air so one large vortex doesn't form, which would carry energy further away from the surface.
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