Originally Posted by huntsmcgee
Powered by an electric motor, the rear spoiler deploys automatically when car speed rises above 60 mph. Deployment takes less than five seconds and the spoiler generates 356 Newtons of downforce to the rear of Chrysler Crossfire at 80 mph
Wow, 356 Newtons sounds excessive. 1 Newton is the weight of an average sized apple. Imagine 356 apples on your rear spoiler.
80lbs also sounds like alot too, thats 80 bags of sugar on the rear spolier (here in the UK sugar is sold in 1lb bags).
If anybody want to calculate the downforce, the following formula may prove useful.
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