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Old 06-21-2019, 09:07 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Interesting. Any idea of what 'suction upstream of the belt' means? Aren't the belt and the air moving at the same speed?
Above the fixed floor in front of the car, a boundary layer builds up; the suction slot dissipates that boundary layer so it doesn't skew the results over the moving belt.
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