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Subject:Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
From:tmiller
Date:Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:29:06 -0400

Great!  A Westy that looks like a blow fish!  It might even be an
improvement.........

Andrew Grebneff wrote:

>> 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.
>
>
> Often a ROUGH surface aids laminar flow. This is a tactic used by
> marine organisms to good effect.
>
> Glue little warts all over your van?
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
>
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