Element fairing question
Hello,
NOOB here. I do vaguely remembering time spent with a smoke chamber to study some fluid dynamic issue of an aircraft wing...lift, that was the issue.
Spoilers produce the reverse of lift and a fairing (correct me if I'm wrong) reduces the coefficient of drag.
Is it possible that a scale model of an E (aerodynamics of a brick, slab of concrete etc.) could wind up in a smoke chamber to determine a feasible fairing for my exceedingly selfish purpose of getting better MPG, for the sole purpose of saving money?
(I can feel the looks of distain, nay, sheer horror.)
I know, not a particularly altruistic idea, but, hey(!) others might feel the same way. An obvious OEM extra, so maybe it is a stupid idea.
Just tossing out an idea. Maybe a ME student is looking for a project,
'Go Green Reducing the drag of an Automotive Brick '
Oh catchy title, don't you think?
And with the money you save? More mods, but of course!
Any thoughts? Threads I have missed? Other websites to set me straight?
Or, Just Do It (TM) and slap a piece of plexiglass, any thickness, any shape, at any random angle anywhere on the roof and , presto, it works?
If it's that easy, all that education for nothing. And I forefit all that time, and beer?
Say it ain't so!
