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Had one of THOSE days today. Did a lot of hard work, followed by a lot of hard study, and then some guild wars to finish the day. But I still have enough energy to win.

 

WARNING, SCIENCE BELOW THiS DIVIDER! WARNING! WARNING!

 

I was reading an article at work today about active aerodynamics working in concert with active car suspension. Basically, at highway speed, the air flowing around your car has enormous weight and power, and Active Aero is about changing the shape of the car to put that airflow to work. Active Suspension is about keeping the car under control; done to its maximum potential, the car's fuselage or body section will stay completely level, with all force being completely nullified before it can be felt or effect the car, either in body-roll force or inertia force, which in turn vastly improve handling aswell as comfort.

 

Now, when you combine those two like was suggested in the article.

 

As a car goes into a corner, the brakes come on, this pushes the front down, putting all the weight onto the front tyres, and hurting aero aswell. As it begins to turn, the weight shifts onto the wheels on the outside of the turn. This is called bodyroll, and it's detrimental to safety, comfort, and performance. Now, if you work in this prototype active suspension, as you go into a corner, panels at the rear raise, creating huge air resistance, while the active suspension holds the car level, making sure every drop of braking force is used. Then as it turns, vanes on the sides, front, roof, and rear lid open and shut, using the airflow to steer the car, while the active suspension banks the car through the corner like a fighterjet. The prototype hasn't been tested with the active aero vanes, but cars working the two systems seperately have been wildly successful.

 

Just thought it was an exciting development towards what I want, a flying car, in that it's a car which pretends it's an aeroplane.

Edited by Vindekarr
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