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Novaneil |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 17:47 |
Take your pick... | |
AK |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 14:57 |
http://www.autoaccessorystore.com/home_n.asp?dir=detail&id=1014 | |
AK |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 14:50 |
http://www.carbonmods.co.uk/showProduct.asp?prodID=53 | |
Daimo B |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 14:38 |
Would be a good thing to buy from the US atm though as the exchange rate is superb for us. | |
AndyKent |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 14:01 |
Someone like Veilside in the states? | |
AK |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 13:52 |
anyway.... | |
dhdev |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 13:45 |
Do u only have one arm :! | |
AK |
posted on 11th Mar 08 at 08:26 |
could do.... but may need that to steer with | |
dhdev |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 23:33 |
U could just hold one hand out the window and incline it a bit :P | |
AK |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 22:18 |
ach..... they give downforce | |
dhdev |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 15:41 |
We're all here to learn :thumbs: | |
IvIarkgraham |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 15:36 |
oh right them | |
dhdev |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 14:58 |
quote: Those are diffusers Canards aka Dive plates are fitted to the edges of the front bumper | |
IvIarkgraham |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 14:54 |
cannards? | |
dhdev |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 14:45 |
If you're after front downforce, the way to go without question is a splitter. It doesn't need to be any more complex than a big sheet of plywood. Have it protruding out the front lower edge of the bumper by 3-4 inches (more if you like) . This will produce a lot of downforce on a boxy saloon like a skyboat. The front of the car has a lot of air ramming against it, this air attempts to split between the upper and lower surfaces of the car. The blunt nose of the car will create a stagnation point, a large area of high pressure air. Placing a splitter here will allow that air to push down on it (Force=Pressure x Area) So the greater the splitter area the greater the downforce. Even a tiny pressure over an area the width of the car x 10cm will produce noticeable downforce! | |
dhdev |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 14:39 |
A spoiler works by creating a pressure differential across the upper and lower surfaces, this pressure then acts on the area of the wing to create downforce, therefore the bigger the wing the better. With a canard the surface area is so tiny that the downforce produced would be negligible. Also a canard sits on the bumper or airdam, here the flow is at it slowest, so again downforce produced would be neglible. | |
AK |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 13:47 |
na.... have them angled up (if your thinking the same way as me) on the front.... when moving along air will be forced UP, creating downforce at tghe front. | |
dhdev |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 11:47 |
As far as I'm aware the main function of canards is not downforce production from themselves, but to maximise the effect of the underbody of the vehicle. They create a turbulent effect along the sides of the vehicle which prevents air migrating from the side to the underbody region, thus making the underbody better at producing downforce. So unless you're running a flat floor, and have time to test out various angles on the canards I doubt you'll see much, if any gain! They would look trick tho :lol: | |
AK |
posted on 10th Mar 08 at 08:04 |
aye, that would be neat.... | |
dhdev |
posted on 7th Mar 08 at 17:01 |
Make some! | |
AK |
posted on 7th Mar 08 at 15:37 |
.... no not french ducks... quack quack... |