Frontal impact drag reduction
 

From the front license plate I added two arms extending out to a piece of angle iron estimating what I thought would be the best deflection of the air by the "arrow" (side view) of the angle iron rail. After various tests I landed on a setting that averaged in my 2005 Kia Rio (stick) a 6mpg increase!
My Kia is long gone. I no longer do the long driving route. I test our Ford Focus when possible, with various materials, shapes, angles and placements. ***You who thrive in this ecomodder atmosphere could be a lot of help!***
A friend who is a metalwork craftsman is helping manufacture the blade. It is aluminum and mounts off the front license plate (at least on the Rio, Focus, Prius and other models we are testing). We call it the GasBlade.
Would love to hear what you think. Could see about making my units accessible (with permission already from the administrator here at ecomodder). Am trying to add pics (as attachments... hope it works). Pics and video clips are accessible at a crowdfunding site if you would like to view the gallery there (again, this is with permission from admin). GasBladePatent | Indiegogo

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Crowd funding, the new pyramid scheme of 2013. The things people will do to make easy money these days...

What happens when that device hits a small child that runs in the road?

It's been a while since we've seen such a blatant scam. Bravo!

Wow, 6 mpg increase!!! Who knew it would be that easy? Where do I sign up? :rolleyes:

Give him $1000 and urine! I mean, you're in!

Hmmm, so when WeatherSpotter built an ENTIRE nosecone, on a boattailed / heavily modified car, he only got 5 mpg, but this gets 6 on a kio rio? Wow thats almost a 25% improvement! Why waste time building boat tails anymore?:rolleyes::D

Thanks for the Idea, I see potential of a fully wrapped bumper design, and then my original airdam put back in place. Your license plate brackett Idea is scary though.
2 screws through plastic to withstand hmm hard telling how many pounds of wind force looks like 1.5" wide and 35" across.
Add to that a possible leading edge wind shear down force effect really sounds like a probbable UFO sighting.
But It is a good evolution to the full frontage spoiler of old.
Mabe I can make it adjustable to get best pitch at variable speeds???

It's just one hydraulic cylinder away from being a snowplow

Did the idea come from geoff?

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