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Old 09-11-2020, 07:02 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
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' Lift by itself is not a serious problem in the current passenger vehicle at highway speeds ( 70-mph ).' Kent B. Kelly, Harry J. Holcombe, General Motors Styling Staff, SAE Paper No. 649A, 1963, SAE Congress.
Some of us are using references that are more recent than 57 years old.

Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles, 5th Edition, 2016, Page 449:

"The lift forces acting on a vehicle are extremely significant in road dynamic terms, since they can influence self-steering and braking behaviour, and thus the driver's ability to control the vehicle."
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