Ground effect (cars)
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In car design, ground effect is a series of effects that have been exploited in automotive aerodynamics to create downforce, particularly in racing cars, through underbody tunnels and floor design. Th
Pronello Huayra-Ford, in its long tail, high speed configuration
Pronello Huayra-Ford
Chaparral 2J at Goodwood historic
Rear of Chaparral 2J with large dual suction fan exhausts
Lotus 78
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The Lotus 78 was a Formula One racing car used in the 1977 and 1978 seasons. It was designed by Peter Wright, Colin Chapman, Martin Ogilvie and Tony Rudd, and was the first ground effect car in Formul
Ground effect (cars)
…suction and divergence parameters of the underbody surface. Later, as a mechanical engineering professor at MIT, Buckley worked with Lotus developing the Lotus 78. On a different tack, Brabham designer Gordon Murray used air dams at the front of his Brabham BT44s in 1974 to exclude air from flowing under the…
2017 FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship, Circuit of the Americas
The Lotus 78 being tested at the Lotus test track in Hethel
Gunnar Nilsson driving the 78 at the 1977 Monaco Grand Prix
Héctor Rebaque's Lotus 78 at the 1979 British Grand Prix, where it was used as a spare car