In a message dated 8/22/02 6:23:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM writes:

<< With respect to NACA ducts, I think we could agree that fully cowled,
bodied
 racing cars using them are optimised more towards lower drag than F1 cars,
 which tend to be optimised for acceleration and cornering, spending
 relatively little time at top speed, and having copious excess power on most
 F1 circuits. They are intrinsically draggy anyway and we are plucking at
 hairs here anyway. >>

Have you looked at the bottom edge of an Audi TT lately? There resides a pair
of NACA ducts on the smooth belly pan. Hmmmmmmm..............

BenT
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