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I just made a short, fairly low speed 50 mph drive just now.
It's misting, and sure enough, it appears as though the strakes did nothing at all, and perhaps even made things worse.
If you look at the images, you can clearly see the wet trail from the tips of the tufts as they fluttered.
I had the wheel well open ( no wheel gap fairing installed yet - see last picture. )
I still plan to test them further when i install the whell gap fairings.
I just finished watching one of Julians' videos, and was surprised to see a 1970s BMW racing coupe that had strakes at the top of the fenders alongside the hood of the car.
So can strakes indeed be used to direct airflow without causing a large amount of drag ? ( I'd love your advice on this Julian )
How does such a thing affect drag on an aircraft by comparison ? Examples being early MiG aircraft, as well as along the back of Grummans' F-14 Tomcat.
- Thanks
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