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NateDogg
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I saw some pics of dragsters from 1998 and noticed their different style endplates compared to todays. I always thought they were for lateral stability, then I got to thinking, why would they be worried about that? c'mon nate.
I have learned that a three element wing has such a pressure difference between the top and bottom that the endplates keep the pressures of the top and the bottom seperate. The wings of this erahave been determined that flow was spilling over the top of the enplate and would disrupt the flow on the bottom surface of the wing. This would would reduce the amount of potential downforce that the wing could generate. Solution, new endplates.
I have learned that a three element wing has such a pressure difference between the top and bottom that the endplates keep the pressures of the top and the bottom seperate. The wings of this erahave been determined that flow was spilling over the top of the enplate and would disrupt the flow on the bottom surface of the wing. This would would reduce the amount of potential downforce that the wing could generate. Solution, new endplates.