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Re: [Land-speed] Front axle AERO?

To: kturk@ala.net, smsandimas@earthlink.net, land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Front axle AERO?
From: Want1937hd@aol.com
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 01:15:29 EDT
Some time before 1910 they filled I beam front axles with wood blocks to form 
a wing profile. Does that have any positive effect other than just looking 
cool? Bob the historian in connecticut

We asked the Front axle aero question about width to Gary Eaker ( he owns 
the wind tunnel in Charlotte ).... and he didn't think it mattered how long 
the axles were... his thought was stablity first and the miniscule aero 
advantage of closer to the body a VERY distant second....  he emphised that 
it really didn't matter how far they stuck out...

K 





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