Wing or Spoiler?

[kicker1_solo]

a wing and a spoiler are the same to me

[Moppie]

Originally posted by tazdev



I believe that for any type of "spoiler" to be termed as "wing" it would have to have a cross sectional shape of an aerofoil.

Will have to search more to clarify. BACK SOON:licker:

Just to clarfiy for the slower skyline owners here.


A WING HAS AIR FLOWING OVER BOTH SURFACES! (i.e. its an aerofoil)

A SPOILER HAS AIR FLOWING OVER ONLY ONE SURFACE.

A wing creates lift, or down force, and produces drag.

A spoiler breaks up or spoils air flow over a surface so it will not create a low pressure zone (vacume) behind the car and so create drag.
i.e. by reducing the low pressure by spoiling the air flow it actualy reduces the aerodynamic drag on a car.

[Forsteen]

Just out of curiousity why did single out the skyline owners? Are we that much more hard headed?

[tazdev]

here in N.Z there is an intense sometimes friendly rivalry between the Honda owners and Skyline owners. You see all Honda owners want to own skylines and they are just jelous

Isn't that right Mr Moppie:silly2:

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by tazdev
here in N.Z there is an intense sometimes friendly rivalry between the Honda owners and Skyline owners. You see all Honda owners want to own skylines and they are just jelous

Isn't that right Mr Moppie:silly2:

I thought every one wanted to own a Skyline

[Moppie]

Originally posted by tazdev


Isn't that right Mr Moppie:silly2:

Thats right, in fact its so right that I will gladly race your skyline for ownership papers.

Thats how badly I want to own it! :finger:

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by Moppie



Thats right, in fact its so right that I will gladly race your skyline for ownership papers.

Thats how badly I want to own it! :finger:

ouch, and Moppie comes back with the blistering reply. That puts the score at love love...

[taranaki]

can't you just feel the love in this thread?My car owns you all

[tazdev]

but what would I do with your shopping trolley Moppie

J/k

[tazdev]

I have to say after further research I have to conceed theat Moppie is correct in what he has said and now I finally understand.

[CraigFL]

I always found that the best example of a "spoiler" is the dimples on a golf ball. They break the airflow so that it seperates farther back on the ball resulting in a smaller effective frontal area and higher pressure on the back of the ball-- less effective drag -- so the ball flies farther....

[Gonthrax]

In addition to the Honduh driver.. er Moppie's correct technical explination I would like to add this.

Practicly speaking when we think of a wing, it is somthing that air flows faster over the top of creating lift. A spoilier on a car creates downforce and is an upside down wing. So there arn't wings on cars, but I still call GT spoilers wings

[tazdev]

I still say that to be claseed a wing it must thave an aerofoil cross section it doesn't matter if it is right side up (plane wing) or upside down (cars wing)


An areofoil being a shape that air travels faster over one surface than the other (as Gonthrax mentioned)

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by tazdev
I still say that to be claseed a wing it must thave an aerofoil cross section it doesn't matter if it is right side up (plane wing) or upside down (cars wing)


An areofoil being a shape that air travels faster over one surface than the other (as Gonthrax mentioned)

I suppose it's still a wing no matter which way you turn it.

*Concedes*

[Moppie]

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