Aerodynamics acording to Myth Busters!

On Jul 23, 6:42 pm, (John Clear) wrote:
In article .net,
cavelamb himself wrote:



I personaly can't argue either way.

Both answers seem to have merit - and then not...

But those webbed tailgate thingies have GOT to increase drag.

Don't they???

They re-visited the tailgate issue in a later episode, and re-busted
tail gate down being more efficient, but found that the mesh thingie
increased mileage. Still questionable since they were doing the
tests on public roads with traffic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...#Tailgate_Up_v...

Necessary aviation content: They also tested the 'jealous wife
shredded the plane with a chain saw' myth.

http://kwc.org/resources/2006/mbnew/sp.photo.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...Shredded_Plane

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

Yes, it has been proven more than once that tailgate up is better but
IIANM the difference is too small to worry about. Minor change in
driving behavior from one day to the next would wipe it out.

Harry K