Good point, Tom. When I was very young (way too long
ago), I used to marvel at those huge rooster tails put
up buy some very fast cars. Later in life, I came to
understand those rooster tails depicted unwanted
baseline drag. Area under that "tail" was low pressure
and may make it difficult to fill a 'chute. Baseline
drag is surely something to consider when designing a
body shape.
John
--- "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com> wrote:
> John,
>
> I think that the way the air comes off the car has a
> lot to do with
> stability when the chute opens. We had a problem
> with one of our air
> scoops which caused the chute to ride really high.
> Reconfiguring the
> scoop cured the problem. So I suspect that the
> difference in the Mustang
> and the Chevette was the aero of the car.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
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