# see anything wrong? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [May 10, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964 "2004-05-10T15:38:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![m\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@m\_m](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/m_m)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/21 "2004-05-11T13:54:55Z")
> [@FrEaK](#): > > The other name is Dive Planes… Dive planes are attached to an object moving through a liquid (like those on a submarine), and are constantly adjustable to allow for increasing or decreasing depth changes. Canards or aerofoil/airfoil would be the appropriate term for the ones on a car. But what do I know? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![m\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@m\_m](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/m_m)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/22 "2004-05-11T14:01:11Z")
> [@FrEaK](#): > > I never said I researched it, but that was the other name assigned to them by Adam… but if that is the true description then I am wrong… No worries. Just clearing the air. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Racer\_XTREME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Racer\_XTREME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Racer_XTREME)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/23 "2004-05-11T14:58:09Z")
> [@iQuABoB](#): > > ^^^ ahaha, I bet shes gonna give him warm apple juice to drink > > The problem with the original picture is that the canards are not on an > angle, therefore they don’t do jack all, and that makes the owner a RICER! its hard to tell because of the angle of the pic, but if you draw an imaginary line from where they start, parallel to the body it looks like it is on a downward angle. ---
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/24 "2004-05-11T18:33:13Z")
upsidedown canards = useless, especially since its causing more damage than helping :lol: oh well ---
**Author:** ![ADAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@ADAM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ADAM)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/25 "2004-05-12T06:18:16Z")
i have 2 books on advanced racing aerodynamics…and they both call them “dive planes” not canards adam > [@m&m](#): > > [quote=FrEaK]The other name is Dive Planes… Dive planes are attached to an object moving through a liquid (like those on a submarine), and are constantly adjustable to allow for increasing or decreasing depth changes. Canards or aerofoil/airfoil would be the appropriate term for the ones on a car. But what do I know? :P[/quote] ---
**Author:** ![m\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@m\_m](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/m_m)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/26 "2004-05-12T14:44:53Z")
> [@ADAM](#): > > i have 2 books on advanced racing aerodynamics…and they both call them “dive planes” not canards > > adam Well I can’t argue with a good book. I stand corrected. :oops: Can you post up a small paragraph on how it is they actually work and what the direct application is? I’m curious because you see them all the time now on touring cars. ---
**Author:** ![240sxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/91b2a8/32.png) [@240sxy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240sxy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/27 "2004-05-12T23:32:37Z")
> [@Original Nutta](#): > > [quote=240sxy][quote=Original Nutta]This thread blows. agreed[/quote] That’s a first.[/quote] yeah u know our love hate realtionship ---
**Author:** ![ADAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@ADAM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ADAM)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/28 "2004-05-13T05:52:49Z")
they add downforce to the nose ---
**Author:** ![Original\_Nutta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/original_nutta/32/5474_2.png) [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/29 "2004-05-13T10:26:24Z")
> [@240sxy](#): > > [quote=Original Nutta][quote=240sxy][quote=Original Nutta]This thread blows. agreed[/quote] That’s a first.[/quote] yeah u know our love hate realtionship[/quote] :happysad: ---
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/30 "2004-05-13T16:07:51Z")
aww my thread has brought 2 people closer 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Original\_Nutta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/original_nutta/32/5474_2.png) [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/31 "2004-05-13T16:33:20Z")
> [@ndto](#): > > aww my thread has brought 2 people closer 😛 It still blows. :x ---
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/32 "2004-05-13T18:34:23Z")
then stop posting in it :thefinger: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![240sxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/91b2a8/32.png) [@240sxy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240sxy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/33 "2004-05-14T01:42:20Z")
muhahah…sowwy but it is a ghey thread ---
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/34 "2004-05-14T04:48:35Z")
my first 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iQuAGoD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@iQuAGoD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/iQuAGoD)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/35 "2004-05-14T10:30:55Z")
So Andy, what was wrong with the pic? Was it the useless diveplanes that had no angle? ---
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964/36 "2004-05-14T19:03:52Z")
yeah i found it really wierd that he would have the diveplanes on wrong,m which leads me to believe that he bought them purely for style :roll: 🙂 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/see-anything-wrong/80964.md?page=1)