yeah once Jack fixes his darn cars, they ought to go real
fast................
Joe :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benn" <karhu@california.com>
To: <Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>; <pork.pie@t-online.de>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: Aerodynamics
> It seem intuitive that (assuming you have a smooth surface underneath),
> the air would rather go under than be pushed around the sides or over
> the top (as this is bound to cause higher pressure at the front end
> since there is less "spill perimeter"). Of course most vehicles are not
> aerodynamic underneath. Nonetheless, some vehicles have apparently
> taken the approach of purposely letting the air go under a smooth
> undercarriage with some success.
> And then there is the lift problem.
> Benn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>
> To: <pork.pie@t-online.de>; <land-speed@Autox.Team.Net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:04 PM
> Subject: RE: Aerodynamics
>
>
> > Yeah, some of that sounded kind of questionable to me too. Letting
> air
> > under the car REDUCES drag? If true, I'd be real surprised.
> >
> > Dale C.
> >
> >
> > Subject: Aerodynamics
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > To this book which starts so much discussion.
> >
> > We talked about in Vaihingen at the University wind tunnel - the
> result was,
> > that we couldn't agree to a lot of points and views in this book - a
> lot of
> > theoretical advantages which in pratice never works or the opposite
> creates.
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