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Old 06-02-2020, 07:38 PM   #23 (permalink)
JulianEdgar
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So, from #1 I understand that VGs will "attract" the center of pressure toward their downstream area.

And from #2 I understand that what I was going to do could easily (when overdone) worsen the crosswind instability by keeping the center of pressure even more off.
No, I don't think so, but I've never really thought about it in those terms. VGs just energise the boundary layer and so potentially give better flow attachment where separation is occurring.

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I was also considering directly placing them on the A-pillar which would also deal with the buffeting with open window at medium to high speeds. So I start at the bottom of A-pillar and where should I stop?
No idea. Testing is king.

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For some reason I feel putting them on the roof between the top of B and C-pillars would be effective.
No I don't think so.

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Speaking of 1G Insight, are you the person who wrote Autospeed blog? That's where I read about the idea to place airtabs under the car.
Yes I was employed as editor at AutoSpeed for a long time. The very brief mention I made there of putting AirTabs under the car was very anecdotal - and was stated as such. There's far more detail, testing and analysis of VGs in my book.
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