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Originally Posted by gumby79
Do you think that properly placed VG's would bring the separation point down closer to the bumper?
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I assume we are talking the top image - yellow VW Beetle/Bug, right?
I have no idea, I'm on the fence about those things but if they work on aircraft the principal has got to be sound, right?
I guess testing is the only thing we can believe in and I don't see a lot of actual tests published, as in wind tunnel and smoke images.
Seeing is believing.
EDIT: I did find this....................
BMW tests delta / strake style roof mounted vortex generators
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...rtex-8936.html
https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho...039947&page=19
A comment in that thread above by Crazy_pilot........I agree with him but the U of M video of the Ford Taurus scale model may have the answer we are looking for.
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I would really like to see a car driven with a fully tufted rear windshield to see the airflow with and without VGs attached. The theory is sound, but I don't know if it's being applied correctly in most of these aftermarket parts.
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