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Old 10-18-2020, 01:36 PM   #56 (permalink)
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The same concept as an airplane wing/profile.
A wing in free air is not the same. It's lift in complex. Bernoulli effect is only part of it (camber, angle of attack).

I'd say the ground vehicle is more comparable to a wing tip.
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