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Reply to "rear wing aerodynamics"

The angle varies on the GTS spoiler depending on where you measure it.

In the center it is something like 0-2 degrees down.
By the time you are under the headlamps it is down in the 2-5 degree area.

To a casual look, it appears to be completely horizontal until the ends where it's incline accelerates more briskly to something like 15-20 degrees.

So I suppose that it has some function of downforce but cosmetics are also a consideration in the appearance?

Under the presumption that it is 100% functional, then I would have to think then that the downforce is then intended to be more concentrated towards the corners or I suppose to the vicinity of the front tires.

These are the approximations for now. If you require more precise measurements I'll have to verify the car is sitting level, etc.

I do play with a lot of cars and therefore sometimes my memory from one confuses the actuality on another, BUT I want to say that this spoiler provides something like 70 pounds of downforce to the nose. At what speed? 100mph.

Where do these numbers come from. Beats me but apparently there are a couple of cities in the Midwest where a lot of the children look like me and yet I have never been there? Everything came from somewhere?

Memory can sometimes be convenient Dan?
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