Hi Keith,
Take a look at a plan view of a NASCAR sedan. Notice how the nose has
become rounder and rounder over the years. I suspect that they are trying to
get more of the air to go around the sides instead of over the top. In the
SAE report on the Summers Bros. Goldenrod streamliner the author points out
the gain in stability and lift reduction of this method.
We always refereed to those "chicken parts" as beaks and talons.
Jim in Palmdale, 80 degrees at 8 AM today, not much being done in the un air
conditioned shop.
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 12:24 PM
Subject: Reading? hmmm / Aero
> Now there is a new and semi forgein skill.... Do I have to comprehend
it?
> is it testable? These are some of the questions of life....
>
> Now kick back and think about this..... If you allow air under the car in
> massive quanities you have the pension for that air to rejoin at the back
of
> the car..... the longer distance ( top of car ) is going to cause a low
> pressure area and obviously create our hero LIFT..... Now Mr Lift he
does
> some good things and some bad things.... but in this case it's all bad...
> as less weight on the tires equates to a lessor ability to put the power
> avalible to the ground....
>
> Hence my theory of Letting as little air as possible to go UNDER the
car....
> Keep the air out and force it over the top and it has to create a High
> pressure area on the nose of the car..... then all you have to worry about
> is the air going down the side trying to lift the rear quarter panels as
it
> goes past the back tire.... This of course isn't something I have
thought
> about much other then to watch what Nascar does to go Fast.... just
> followed thier lead. Check out the raised rear quarters next time you see
a
> Nascar..... amazing.
>
> Now on to the real question of life.....
> 1. Where does Kentucky Fried Chicken get those little chicken parts? How
> can it be feasible to have a drumstick that small.....? This has been
> perplexing me for years..... so I put it down as one of my Major life
> questions....
>
> Keith
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