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Old 01-03-2020, 01:33 PM   #56 (permalink)
redpoint5
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You've got tradeoffs. Does the airdam overcome the added frontal area it adds by smoothing airflow, or does it not?

An experienced aerodynamicist might have a good hunch, but the rest of us have to test.

My inexperienced hunch is that adding frontal area will not improve efficiency, but I'd love to be proven wrong with a good experiment.
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