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Old 11-26-2020, 04:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks (today) for the video. The front end part was interesting; the active wing, not so much.
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a small diameter rod (~1\8"?) to hold a tuft
A golf tee carved into an airfoil section with a magnet embedded in the head? One could move a flock of them around to different parts of the car.

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However, Dick Barnard .... showing his university students the trailing vortices off models in the wind tunnel by using a long rod and a single tuft.
I've imagined a stepper motor in the front bumper with a telescopic arm with a streamer (or smoke generator) the length of the vehicle.

All could be controlled by e. g., a Raspberry Pi with GIPO.
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