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.
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.
i have 2 books on advanced racing aerodynamicsā¦and they both call them ādive planesā not canards
adam
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.
Well I canāt 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? Iām curious because you see them all the time now on touring cars.