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StrangeQ: Uchiha_Cycliste: I'm with you on all points. It's fake, ad uses centripetal force ( to an extent) I was taught that a car's spoilers, on real cars with real spoilers, create a downward that helps the car stick to the ground. Further, that without the spoilers, a car's rear end would fly u ...
Partially. Spoilers do only become effective above certain speeds, usually high speeds, and a truly functional one will then begin to apply additional force down on the back of the car to help maintain traction. The thing is, you gotta be going at a pretty good clip for them to start having an effect, and really their primary purpose is for rear-wheel driven cars at autocross events where you're trying to negotiate lots of turns at speed. Without a spoiler your rear-end isn't going to just lift up off the ground, unless you have some really wierd aerodynamics going on or you're going really damn fast, like 150mph+ fast, and then it's still more that imperfections in the road will cause instabilities that will be amplified by your speed and cause loss of control; the additional force provided by the spoiler gives more traction and helps to mitigate those instabilities.
But in no case will a spoiler or front and rear diffusers provide enough force to stick a car to the ground while inverted; the physics just isn't there. To do that you would pretty much have to integrate an inverted wing design into the entire body of the car, but even then I have my doubts if you would be able to generate enough. Would be cool to see someone try though.You really don't know what you are talking about. You don't need a crazy inverted wing design. You want proof? Saleen S7 above 150mph.
21 Jun 2012 12:58 PM
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