- 1. drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott Cowle" <SCowle@mentorcollege.edu>
- Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:23:13 -0500
- I have been trying to learn more about the effects of the low pressure area behind a car that is left there when a car moves through the air, and trying to imagine ways to efficiently fill this area
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00083.html (9,184 bytes)
- 2. RE: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:13:02 -0600
- I think the airflow required to flow through an internal duct to relieve that low -pressure area behind a car would be enormous. Shaping the bodywork to allow the external airflow over the body to s
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00086.html (9,600 bytes)
- 3. RE: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:51:28 -0600
- If you mean "How well did the Chaparral's approach work?" the answer is that it worked so well that the rules were changed to ban it. Any little improvement (if it is an improvement) in that low pre
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00088.html (8,933 bytes)
- 4. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:32:27 EST
- Just how effective were those ducts that had outlets at the base of the rear window on altered or comp coupes ? I've seen them on LSR versions of the Robert Bourke( he worked at the Raymond Loewy Des
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00089.html (7,707 bytes)
- 5. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: "Pork Pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>
- Date: 09 Nov 2005 17:34 GMT
- there was a discussion before on this issue and I wrote a long explanation about groundeffect and Kamm rear end - as I remember there is a archive from all this e-mails off this list. Check this arc
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00090.html (9,549 bytes)
- 6. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:07:37 -0700
- Vortex generators seem to be the easiest way to give some management to that back area and least likely to create problems with the inspectors. Jack Costella could probably give a better answer than
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00091.html (8,660 bytes)
- 7. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:26:41 EST
- Scott, I'm sure you've seen the rear taper to the body on the Honda Insight hybrid cars designed for high fuel mileage ...... it sort of recalls the polliwog shape of the Summers Brothers streamliner
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00092.html (8,925 bytes)
- 8. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:01:51 -0800 (PST)
- the rear window on altered or comp coupes ? Bruce, My car has the ducts behind the rear window that are used to exhaust air from the radiator. The air for the radiator is induced through NACA Ducts
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00094.html (8,639 bytes)
- 9. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott Cowle" <SCowle@mentorcollege.edu>
- Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:03:27 -0500
- Thanks Tom, Ok so what if I want to build an "experimental car" that meets safety requirements" but is illegal for records because of these ducts passing through the car-can I still run for time only
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00095.html (9,736 bytes)
- 10. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: Nt788@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 20:21:49 EST
- My weed blower wind tunnel, showed longer crape paper streamers, with the addition of VG;s Thanks Jack
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00104.html (7,687 bytes)
- 11. Re: drag behind a car (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 07:38:18 -0500
- I think spoilers turn the area above the deck lid from negative pressure to positive pressure so lift turns into down force . Maybe it also moves the center of pressure back .
- /html/land-speed/2005-11/msg00105.html (7,411 bytes)
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