BUG Splats!!!
I flew gliders for years and a lot of the more advanced
laminair flow air foils are very sensetive to the dead
bugs. 15-20% less effiecient. wmts
Quoting "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>:
> They sorta look like gizmos that detach the flow from
a surface--
> converting
> laminar flow to turbulent. Somewhere I read that on
a "supercritical" wing,
> dead bugs did the same thing and it really killed
their lift. Anyone else
> heard that?
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
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> From: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:15 PM
> Subject: www.airtab.com - The smart way to cut the
cost of your highway
> fuel
> costs
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>
> > List,
> > Found this in a truckers magazine the other day.
Maybe on our enclosed
> > trailers or motorhomes.
> > Howard
> >
> > http://www.airtab.com/
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