Active rear wing test
The situation where you'd want low drag would be one with minimal control inputs - basically, pounding down the straight. Hit the DRS button with your left thumb and your right hand is free to shift. When you need to be more active with your driving, you'll also need the downforce so you won't be pushing the button.
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He didn't get lost, in practice and quali the gate was open from that access road. Some track worker closed it for the race, he knew exactly what he was doing.
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Having a really difficult time finding a C.O.T. competition wing... :(
Ordered one from Rousch, but what I received was a display wing. Boo.
Ordered one from Rousch, but what I received was a display wing. Boo.
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Yup. Amusingly enough, the data showed the wing and the spoiler were equally stalled when the car was past 90° from straight ahead. Some papers mused about the CoT demise as being a marketing/political decision. I don't know enough about the sport to surmise either way.
It's a near perfect NACA foil, so the data is pretty available. I will say it's not the best for a car that isn't going 160+ all the time. It's not bad, but a higher incident angle multi-element wing would be much more appropriate for the speeds we're looking for in our tuned Miatas (30-70mph autocross, 50-140 road course).
It's a near perfect NACA foil, so the data is pretty available. I will say it's not the best for a car that isn't going 160+ all the time. It's not bad, but a higher incident angle multi-element wing would be much more appropriate for the speeds we're looking for in our tuned Miatas (30-70mph autocross, 50-140 road course).
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Yup. Amusingly enough, the data showed the wing and the spoiler were equally stalled when the car was past 90° from straight ahead. Some papers mused about the CoT demise as being a marketing/political decision. I don't know enough about the sport to surmise either way.
It's a near perfect NACA foil, so the data is pretty available. I will say it's not the best for a car that isn't going 160+ all the time. It's not back, but a higher incident angle multi-element wing would be much more appropriate for the speeds we're looking for in our tuned Miatas (30-70mph autocross, 50-140 road course).
It's a near perfect NACA foil, so the data is pretty available. I will say it's not the best for a car that isn't going 160+ all the time. It's not back, but a higher incident angle multi-element wing would be much more appropriate for the speeds we're looking for in our tuned Miatas (30-70mph autocross, 50-140 road course).
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That's what I assumed. It's one of the reasons the COT wing has never interested me - it's not designed for what we do in the slightest.
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This type of thing is neat for FSAE projects since active aero isn't banned. I didn't read the whole thread (yet). But...
what was the change in the 100 to 0 stopping distance with the wing disabled and with it active?
what was the change in the 100 to 0 stopping distance with the wing disabled and with it active?
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Its an old peugeot LMS chassis with something resembling a production car slapped on top of it. I thought the wing was also from the original car.
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