|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
PRO Motorsports
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Burbank, CA
Posts: 4,580
|
Ahhhh, sarcasm! Gotcha.
 Yeah, that's interesting, that quote from Puhn's book. But boy, after the physics lesson from the aeronautical engineers, I'm starting to wonder just how over-simplified the aerodynamics lessons are in those handling handbooks. I'm guessing they dumb it down quite a bit to keep the book short and to the point, and so everyone can understand it.
__________________
'69 911E coupe' RSR clone-in-progress (retired 911-Spec racer) '72 911T Targa MFI 2.4E spec(Formerly "Scruffy") 2004 GT3 |
||
07-27-2003, 03:27 PM
|
|
|
Green Skull 006
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 2,040
|
Tyson, I think that you've hit the nail on the head. It seems to be such a complex problem that computer simulations or intuition can't account for all of the variables.
It still seems to be a bit of a black art unless you're spending $15 million a year for wind tunnel testing like the top F1 teams do.
__________________
S Reg 823 R Gruppe 246 1955 pre-A Carrera Speedster...x 1974 leichtbau..."Sascha" "It makes me sad. Our cars were meant to be driven, not polished" - Ferry Porsche while surveying a PCA Parade concours field. |
||
|
07-27-2003, 05:44 PM
|
|
