At 6:40 AM -0700 4/29/04, T. S. White wrote:
>Actually the effective speed, or point, where a wing becomes functional,
>ie. begins to apply down force, is directly proportional to it's surface
>area. As the wing is inclined into the wind the surface area can be
>reduced to produce an equivalent force. Thus for a Hyundai to get down
>force at any effective speed the wing should really be made of a surf
>board.
I can appreciate the aerodynamic considerations in your argument. I
think the geographic effects begin to come into play in this case.
Here in central New York the surf/snow ratio is remarkably low, which
would explain the relative dearth of surfboards affixed to Korean
sub-compacts. Perhaps our correspondents in California or Hawaii
could offer their observations.
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Phil Barnes
Cortland, NY
peb3@cornell.edu
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