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Originally Posted by freebeard
I still don't get how it works at all.
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It's just like a sailboat. Air passes over the airfoil obliquely and a net lift vector is generated, acting ahead and to the side of the vehicle. The car is impelled by the longitudinal component of the vector, attempting to 'catch' the low pressure which is forever moving ahead of it, as long as there's sufficient wind, and at an acceptable angle of attack to the foil.
This guy came through Lubbock, Texas and was pulled over for speeding on State Highway-82. He told the DPS officer that he thought '82' was the posted speed limit. The officer let him go.
