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Old 15-09-2012
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Originally Posted by androo View Post
Just one question, have you thought about pointing the car towards the fan which would give you aerodynamic loads for the car going forward not backwards??
If you look at the fan blades, Si is drawing the air in from the multi-tube end over the car and out through the fan, not blowing it directly over the car from the fan end. This would cause turbulence and localised areas of higher pressure, unless the fan was further away and/or the air was channeled to smooth out the airflow. What he's done is the best way for the working area & the fan he has.

Nice going Si, you've talked about it for ages, good to see it working
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