Don't forget that "wings" are not allowed on door cars unless they came
with one from the factory.......spoilers are different and pretty well
defined. I was looking for the angle of attack for a Camaro/Firebird
installation.
Thanks for the info Neil and Bruce and Keith,
Skip
At 09:54 AM 1/15/04 -0600, Albaugh, Neil wrote:
>Bruce;
>
>Regarding the drag of a rear wing, there are a few things that need to be
>considered.
>
>First, what is the airfoil type? NACA2315 is good; NACA4412 isn't quite as
>good, eyeballed profiles can be awful.
>
>Second, what is the angle of incidence? This is the angle of the wing
>relative to the airstream, not the horzontal.
>
>Third, how was the wing supported? Round tubing has quite a bit of drag;
>streamline tubing is far superior but harder to find.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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