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Re: [Land-speed] roof flaps

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Subject: Re: [Land-speed] roof flaps
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:06:07 -0700
here are some pictures

http://www.speedtv.com/cutaway/



> Anyone have a sense of how tricky the design of roof flaps is? 
> Specifically,
> wondering if I might incorporate them into my MR2.  It would be nice to 
> keep
> the shiny side up if the car spun at speed.  I'm pretty ignorant about 
> these
> and how they work.   I assume they must be positioned exactly right on the
> roofline to both stay shut during forward motion and open readily as the 
> yaw
> angle gets to the critical point.  Thoughts?
>
> Benn
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