damon_rinard wrote:
Hi chadman, In theory, covering a tri spoke with dimple film could be interesting.
In practice, it's been in the wind tunnel.
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to quote results.
But the tri spokes in our house are clean and smooth.
Cheers,
nice! I'm on a total 'turbulence tripping' tear of late and have been looking at some innovative ways to handle bluff bodies, so my inclination is to 'rough it up' when I see a smooth bluff body. [note: dimples seem like more of a last resort for turbulence tripping and probably only make sense in the case of a golf ball, and maybe on the outer rim of a wheel, maybe. case in point, I kind of chuckle when I see the dimples on the front of the new Garneau helmets...]
btw Damon: what do you take of this frame design? when I first clicked on the thread I was excited to see something 'crowd-sourced' by the slow-twitch community. not exactly what I expected to see.
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chadman_98126: May 15, 13 6:39