Hi All,
Looking at the bottom of my front wing after a rain race I see an interesting pattern. Near the front of the wing you see nice little streaks from the water/dirt. Farther back, the streaks widen and dissappear:
Does that indicate that the flow is detaching (which I assume means stalling, more drag, less downforce), or is it just the transition from laminar to turbulent but attached flow? (If it isn't already obvious, I know very little about aerodynamics, beyond the 3 paragraphs in tune to win, which only show the dirt streaks on the top of the wing, not the bottom.)Code:----------- <--- leading edge || || || || / \ / \ ----------- <- trailing edge [not to scale]
Interestingly, for the portion of the front wing that has flaps, the streaks continue all the way to the trailing edge.
Thanks for any illumination you all can provide,
-Chris