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Old 12-29-2010, 11:16 PM
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Default Re: How can you lower wind resistance?
Originally Posted by Franc Rauscher
Your not an Aeronaughty engineer? I guess I'm remembering a booze amplified conversation we had at the Dragon.

Hmmmmmm.

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At one point I told you that I had worked for McDonnell Douglas Canada and I had been to St Louis to the plant there in 1969, I also worked for DeHavilland Aircraft in Canada. I never claim to be what I am not though, I find my advantage comes from playing dumb, I'm very good at that. If there was a degree to be had in dumbness I think I would have a PhD.
There was an F1 car that had a fan underneath that evacuated the air, when the engine was revved the car noticeably lowered due to the lower pressure under the car. They said it was to cool the engine and got away with it for a while. The trouble was if it rose of the ground too much at high speed it lost the down force and became dangerous.
You can always rely on gravity though, bit by bit it pulls us all into the grave.
 
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