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Originally Posted by aerohead
1) It's given, that 'tiny' wind tunnels will generate perfectly acceptable data for streamlined cars, at zero-yaw, with the condition that a blockage correction factor ,from a large wind tunnel is provided.
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Er, no. I can't think of even one profesional tech paper that uses a tiny wind tunnel for full size car tests. Even at zero yaw. But hey, if you say it often enough, someone might believe you!
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9) Gene Haas Racing offers a rolling road tunnel to all comers. $ 4,000 / hour. DARKO, @ $500 / hour was all I could absorb.
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It would have been far better to have spent that money on a hotel in Arizona or Utah and done some decent testing on an empty road.