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aerohead · 12-13-2008, 03:47 PM

One more entry and I'll leave you all to ponder.

This is from a textbook entitled Technical Aerodynamics,the source of info,National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics ( now NASA ). paraphasing," roughening the leading edge of a wing with a discontinuity as small as 1/2 a thousandth of an inch can have a negative impact on wing performance, do to the accompanying turbulence."

Imagine the nose of your car as the leading edge of the wing.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,404 Thanks: 24,471 Thanked 7,410 Times in 4,800 Posts	more "rough" discoveries! One more entry and I'll leave you all to ponder. This is from a textbook entitled Technical Aerodynamics,the source of info,National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics ( now NASA ). paraphasing," roughening the leading edge of a wing with a discontinuity as small as 1/2 a thousandth of an inch can have a negative impact on wing performance, do to the accompanying turbulence." Imagine the nose of your car as the leading edge of the wing. __________________ Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/