good point..
it is not just about drag,
but about lift..which increases distance.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@q.com>
To: "'Scott Daniel - Turbovans'" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>;
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:49 PM
Subject: RE: LineX Syncro Westy

> Golf balls are dimpled because, with the tremedous rate of backspin
> developed by the angled club face, they actually fly, with the dimples
> developing lift.  Kinda neat watching the trajectory of the ball off a
> wood;
> long flat flight till the spin slows down, then the ball drops like a
> stone.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> |On Behalf Of Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> |Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:37 PM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: LineX Syncro Westy
> |
> |Golf balls are dimpled for a reason.
> |They go through the air better with dimples on them, than if
> |they were smooth.
> |
> |The roughness  may help in that department, possibly.
> |Next..
> |it'll come in colors ..
> |imagine LineX in Hot Pink !
> |
> |50 lbs worth of spray-on weight I'd say.
> |Make it thicker towards to bottom to aid keeping center of
> |gravity lower.
> |
> |Need to see as many dimensions and possibilities as we can find.
> |It's more than what meets they eye, if we think about it enough.
> |
> |now someone will over-accersorize the outside of vanagon until
> |it's just ridiculous.
> |Racks , ladders, tire mounts , gas can mounts ..kayaks ..
> |sand boards ..
> |as many things as you can find or think of to hang on the outside..
> |now that would sure look stupid !!
> |
> |likin' the clean look myself.
> |
> |scott
> |
> |
> |----- Original Message -----
> |From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> |To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> |Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:56 PM
> |Subject: Re: LineX Syncro Westy
> |
> |
> |> Not to mention the aerodynamic drag!
> |>
> |> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:16 AM, James V <chimivee@gmail.com> wrote:
> |>
> |>> Not sure it's my style, but the van definitely looks like a brute!
> |>> I'm wondering...
> |>>
> |>> How much weight does that stuff add?
> |>>
> |>> Also, since many of the Vanagon rust issues originate on
> |the inside,
> |>> with bedliner applied, isn't there a concern that the potential
> |>> cancer goes unnoticed for longer? To me, it seems that the
> |>> superficial chips / bush pinstripes that the bedliner would protect
> |>> against aren't much of a problem. Yet more serious rust issues or
> |>> collision damage may be exacerbated.
> |>>
> |>> Just wondering...
> |>>
> |>> James V
> |>> 86 Syncro Westy
> |>>
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |> --
> |> Jake
> |>
> |> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> |> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
> |>
> |> Crescent Beach, BC
> |>
> |> www.thebassspa.com
> |> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> |> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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