

| Subject: | Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon! |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:50:08 -0700 |
Those pics are good. I'd be inclined to make a plug to fit the empty luggage rack, but... I have been bitten on the ass too many times when I have come to the "obvious" solution in fluid dynamics - making "largish and highish speed" water tunnels (around 1 m/s ) - to be adamant that that will smooth those streamlines. Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ On 18-Oct-04, at 2:01 PM, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > I have not been following this thread, but if you like pictures to go > with the numbers, try this > for a view of the airflow over various vanagons: > > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mwstebbins/ > detail?.dir=3415&.dnm=e349.jpg&.src=ph > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com >
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