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Old 09-15-2008, 12:15 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by roflwaffle View Post
I could be wrong, but AFAIK the whole point of VGs was wake infill.
Filling in wake is something that doesn't have any research behind it (at least, I haven't been able to find anything despite searching for it). The reason for them, and the decades of research experience revolves around, is to serve as a band-aid for low energy flow. Airtab, awhile back as I recall, claimed this wake fill phenomena - but it seems to have been removed from their site...
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