Thursday, February 4, 2010
ronbailey:

penllawen:

Perfect. (via guillee)

Almost.  A spoiler adds downforce at the rear of a car - it increases drag, not decreases it. </cargeek>

And the purpose of that downward force is to effectively increase the coefficient of sliding friction of the tires. </physicsgeek>

ronbailey:

penllawen:

Perfect. (via guillee)

Almost.  A spoiler adds downforce at the rear of a car - it increases drag, not decreases it. </cargeek>

And the purpose of that downward force is to effectively increase the coefficient of sliding friction of the tires. </physicsgeek>

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