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Originally Posted by j-c-c
Very interesting and useful, and i suspect the results are more accurate then you give it credit for.. Since it has no apparent "spoilng" contribution as I see it, and the side plates just keep the upper air from rolling under from the sides, its still in my book at the least, just a "lip".
From a OEM marketing standpoint I suspect, that description does cut it in the sales department as being sexy enough.  |
Probably,anything which sequesters a low pressure regime (turbulence and attached,counterrotating longitudinal vortices) away from the upper body,or provide for flow reattachment would technically qualify as a 'spoiler,' if it reduces unwanted lift,and lift-related drag.