Mike Bultemeier wrote:
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> At what speed do ground effect type cars start to make real down force?
> Does anybody have an answer?
I'm going out on a limb here, I'm a rocket scientist, not an
aerodynamics engineer. But I seem to recall that ground effect for an
aircraft is a function of wing area vs. distance from the ground.
That being true (I hope), then one can probably assume that ground
effect downforce can be achieved at almost any speed given the properly
sized wing/ground-effect area. So for ground effect to work at very low
speed, a very large wing are would be needed.
Then again, you probably couldn't fit through the cones at that point...
I dunno, hopefully someone with considerable more aerodynamics
experience will speak up and enlighten us all. Oh well...
-Josh2
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