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I inherited this wing from a friend, and then read about vortex generators. Found these VG's advertised as created by a former NASA engineer. also read in this forum about where to mount VG's to bring air down from the turbulence area at rear of the FRC/ wanted to have the rear planted in Turn 1, the Ridge Motorsports Park, about 105 MPH. Is there an aero engineer here who would care to posit an opinion. I can say from multiple laps that the car does give me confidence by not being at all squirrelly at 105ishShelton, WA,
Also thinking about adding a spoiler on fender, ala the Porsche GT3's, and the Noble GT. Their enguniers seem fairly smart.
the concept works for sure. my airplane actually has a bunch on each side under the horizontal stabilizers to help ensure they have enough air pressure against them to maintain control authority in a number of flight regimes & speeds.
same applies here - you just have to know exactly where the air currently flows from over the roof to the wing, which will dictate the location of the VGs so that they adjust that flow more into the wing.
Thankyou so much. I read that they have to be placed 4 inches behind the "roll hoop" which is almost exactly where they are located. But that was on their marketing page, so I appreciate having an airman's POV. Hope you have CAVU!
Wouldn't raising the wing also have the same effect? (assuming the desired effect is more downforce at speed). But I'm no "Adrian Newey" by any stretch.
C5 Z06 track car
