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To: edvs@idt.net
Subject: aerodynamics
From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:02:51 -0400
I see the big advantage to using the "dots" is that you can read it after
the run. Wouldn't you need something a little more substantial than motor
oil to keep it from running down the side? What about a very light grease?

At 07:54 PM 7/11/99 -0400, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
>Thomas E. Bryant wrote:
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>>> I have not tried the yarn, but it should work. I understand that mylar
>> tape, (audio cassette) works well also. The streamliners use to apply
>> some kind of ink dots that spread with the air flow over the car.
>> 
>>An old trick (so old it isn't used much anymore) is to space "dots" of
motor oil across panel to be studied and "read" the pattern of the oil
trail after the run.
>Ed
>



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