| | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 5,183 Likes: 247 Member/5000+posts! | | Member/5000+posts! Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 5,183 Likes: 247 | PS: Nephew is areo engineer for NASA at Langley. Works with their wind tunnel. Ask him about MythBuster show where they put golf ball dimples all over a car and got 10% better gas mileage. Ask why I would not put golf ball dimples on my C150.
Will not go into his whole explaination (which I did not really understand) but he said airflow around cars was much more turbulent than around airplanes, differnet drag aspects etc etc etc. Just because something works on a plane does not mean it will help a car and vice versa.
Good wife, good friends & a Cessna 150. Life is good.
Terry Monday
1976 C150M N9463U
Greenville, NC
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,752 Member/1500+posts | | Member/1500+posts Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,752 | If VG's are so great, why don't they sell kits to glue them all over our cars to make the air flow better over them?  They do. Same for big trucks. They are becoming more popular over time. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,969 | If VG's are so great, why don't they sell kits to glue them all over our cars to make the air flow better over them? I don't think that I have ever worried over (aerodynamically) stalling an automobile or a truck??  Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,868 Likes: 977 Member/15,000 posts | | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,868 Likes: 977 | If VG's are so great, why don't they sell kits to glue them all over our cars to make the air flow better over them? I don't think that I have ever worried over (aerodynamically) stalling an automobile or a truck?? Bill Your right Bill and my car handles just fine all the way down to zero airspeed. 
Ron Stewart N5282B KSFZ ![[Linked Image from visitedstatesmap.com]](https://www.visitedstatesmap.com/image/CTILINIAMEMANHNJNYOHPARIVTWVsm.jpg) | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 5,975 Member/5000+posts! | | Member/5000+posts! Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 5,975 | I don't think that I have ever worried over (aerodynamically) stalling an automobile or a truck?? Bill This one stalled and crashed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4rbd0Zfwg | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,326 Member/1500+posts | | Member/1500+posts Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,326 | Harley-Davidson makes a motorcycle called the V-Rod. In the R&D phase, they had a hard time getting enough air to go thru the radiator as it was their 1st production liquid cooled model. They just refused to put an oversized radiator on the bike. Their solution was to install vortex generators on the inside of the opening of the shroud that went around the radiator to direct more air thru it, making the radiator more efficient.
Niall
1965 C150E N3952U
ASEL IFR A&P
Army Aviation Veteran
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,760 Member/10,000+ posts! | | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,760 | I wonder how well that concept will work on the downtown connector? 
Message sent from a rotary pay phone... Bengie [ Linked Image]
| | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,361 Likes: 4 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,361 Likes: 4 | If VG's are so great, why don't they sell kits to glue them all over our cars to make the air flow better over them? I don't think that I have ever worried over (aerodynamically) stalling an automobile or a truck?? Bill Best post of 2014!
Max!
I miss John Ruffo
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 227 Member/100+posts | | Member/100+posts Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 227 | Update on the sale, fresh annual done . New owner flying in Saturday 15th , to fly her away. she will be in a hanger at Greeley (KGXY) I thinks this is where David Rowland is based at . New owners name is Jerry , Hopping he joins the 150-152 club , and makes it out to Clinton this year. I didn't think it would hurt this bad to sale my plane. Sad day for me
Kevin | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 9,798 Likes: 97 Member/7500+posts | | Member/7500+posts Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 9,798 Likes: 97 | Wow, Kevin! I spent a lot of time in Greeley between November 2010 and June, 2011. David Rowland is from an airport just south of there. But that's where he has his avionics work done. There's a cafe there at the FBO, too. I met Joel Kiester and Lexi Armitage there in the spring of 2011 as they were planning their trip to Sun and Fun. As for feeling bad that you sold your 150, I understand that. I often talk about going experimental and fast, but the thought of not being able to fly my 150/150 TD up in the mountains or out to the desert...yep, I'd miss that. Hang in there! Just like a girlfriend. The best way to get over one is to go get another.
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