Thread: SRT-6 Rear Spoiler... Not in Love
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 11:44 AM
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Default Re: SRT-6 Rear Spoiler... Not in Love
Originally Posted by JHM2K
I seriously cannot stop laughing
Some would say FUBARed.

I do not recollect him saying the wing had no effect rather the opposite. Simple aerodynamics says a flat plate at an angle to a moving air stream will create a force, the force created being dependent on the air speed, the angle of attack and the size of the plate. Rotating that plate to the air stream and you have an increase in lift or down force until it becomes an air brake at 90 degrees with neither lift or down force.

If you have seen a sheet of plywood poorly tied to roof racks you can see the effect of the air under that sheet at highway speed. When air coming up the windshield gets under that sheet watch out.... Lift off.
 
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