Subject	Interesting experiment.
Posted by	darkmann on October 24, 2009 at 1:21 PM
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In Reply To	Golf Ball Effect posted by Shiers69 on October 23, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Message	However, I think that all they had to do would've been to run car normally to establish baseline and than run car with hood and trunk off to create whatever turbulence they need!
Follow Ups	Golf Ball Effect - Shiers69 12:16:03 10/23/09 hmm...pretty interesting! (n/m) - MAD_96TT(ATX) 12:26:51 10/23/09 wow, maybe some rethininking into aerodynamics will come - d_flore 12:31:35 10/23/09 lol - ZLover4Life 16:43:50 10/23/09 I think you mean the marketing people.. - turtleboy 21:51:04 10/23/09 No, I mean the engineers. - ZLover4Life 22:59:58 10/23/09 Link and explanation - NytWolf 12:37:14 10/23/09 The dimples will create positive lift (not ideal). - ni[X]it 12:38:53 10/23/09 on dry streets with good traction, i would hate to see lift - d_flore 12:42:53 10/23/09 Dead on. If golfballs didn't have dimples you wouldn't - Gold Z 12:45:29 10/23/09 I'm pretty sure I can miss the green either way (n/m) - Shiers69 13:04:47 10/23/09 2nd, they haven't invented a dimple big enough for my - zgene4 13:11:56 10/23/09 The dimples cause a delay in the seperation - RICH1 13:09:54 10/23/09 Idea: put the dimples on the underside of the car - jkeyser14 13:14:31 10/23/09 no dimples on the bottom of F1 cars, certainly Adrian Newey - zgene4 13:24:54 10/23/09 Lexus did that on the GS430... - CaliguyPurdue (Selin Design) 13:53:02 10/23/09 Re: The dimples cause a delay in the seperation - ni[X]it 14:36:48 10/23/09 what about inverted dimples for mad down forces (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 15:07:33 10/23/09 Same concept as a boost jet (n/m) - jdubs 15:08:48 10/23/09 that's the venturi effect. (n/m) - ni[X]it 15:47:23 10/23/09 Bernoulli is as Bernoulli does (n/m) - Technomancer 16:15:04 10/23/09 Saw that one. Was not expecting the results! - collegeboy 13:10:41 10/23/09 It surprised me too. - lazer(NV) 14:57:36 10/23/09 for extra geek points... - Technomancer 16:14:40 10/23/09 Re: for extra geek points... - ttzcadet 17:58:58 10/23/09 lol (n/m) - Ashman2k2 18:30:27 10/23/09 Re: Saw that one. Was not expecting the results! - ybnormal70 16:24:42 10/23/09 What were the results of the tailgate episode? (n/m) - collegeboy 00:41:45 10/24/09 Re: What were the results of the tailgate episode? - ybnormal70 07:57:50 10/24/09 Good excuse not to remove the dings from my car! (n/m) - ZXoltan 13:28:04 10/23/09 dents in bondo ftw (n/m) - ZiNnYc 21:08:27 10/23/09 Interesting experiment. - darkmann 13:21:49 10/24/09
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