quote:Originally posted by JFB #05177:
Has any one every tried this software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plWCsiwgF5U
Here's what I am thinking. I have slats on my car that are essentially just strips of 5.5" wide .060 aluminum sheet.
Some like 'em, some don't. Ok, fine. To each his own.
They happen to work well in conjunction with the Weber carbs in sheltering them from the elements.
It occured to me, because of this discussion about rear wings, and obviously there is an affect of the angle of the ducktail on downforce, that if each of these slats had say 1" extension on them and was angled as a wing, it would provide downforce to the rear?
It is going to be easy enough to find a picture of one of the Pantera race cars with the ducktail on it and put a protractor on it and get probably close enough on an angle?
Now every one of these sets of slats costs me about $200. Then I need to match them to the mounting holes to the aluminum skeleton, then send them all out for powder coat. Another $350.
So every time these whims strike me, it's about $600 or $700 and about three weeks worth of effort.
That formula I don't know where to start with. Wanna calculate something with it according to what I just described? Please do?
I want to take a slat and put it in the break and see what it looks like on the car anyway? I might nix it right there that it looks ridiculous BUT I have a sneaking suspicion that it might not be bad?
Certainly would freak out all these Ferrari and Lambo freaks?
The initial thought I have on it though is that if you look at this picture of the slats, they curve a little.
The higher up towards the roof they are, the more they curve. As you come down to the flat surface of the rear deck, they are virtually flat.
That is very subtle and most would never notice that.
Putting a 1" wing on each one would stiffen each slat and probably will eliminate the possibility of the curve and just generally screw up the entire concept.
However, that was my thought of the day.
I get the first cup out of the coffee maker and with regular grind that's a lot of caffeine?
The second cup is kicking in? The little ducktails don't have to go all across the slats, just maybe 20 to 24" down the center? Hum?
Great. Now I'm getting a migraine. Ok, enough thought for today? It hurts.
What happens if the air strums them like guitar strings, how do I tune the sound? Oh geeze...make it stop?
