Comments on: Oh yeah, SPEEDholes

By: randal

randal — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:08:11 +0000

what about just one big hole in the head for politicians.

By: Bright Red

Bright Red — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:54:18 +0000

but then we would have all these golf balls and the government would try to get us all to play golf – Labour would try to make it complusory and National would make rounds tax-deductible (clearly, favouring the rich)

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:05:56 +0000

Or…..why not convert all cars to golf balls and bury any left over bits in the dimples?

By: the sprout

the sprout — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:51:49 +0000

it’s the turbular flow vs laminar flow issue.
turbular flow, that created by the bumps, ‘sticks’ to the surface of the vehicle better, which in turn creates a very slippery skin that reduces friction between the vehicle and the greater body of air/water it moves through. those big bulbous bits just below the waterline of large ships is there for the same reason. the same technology is also used to make submarines go much faster.
on aircraft you sometimes see ‘strakes’ or little fins that stick up verticaly out of the main wings, that’s also to create turbular flow but not to reduce drag, rather it’s to make the air flow more sticky so it keeps flowing over the control surfaces.
if only politics was as simple as fluid dynamics

By: felix

felix — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:12:39 +0000

Yeah, I’m thinking optical illusions. All those surfaces facing in different directions…

By: Pascal's bookie

Pascal's bookie — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:51:13 +0000

“I can see this going down well with the boy racer crowd too.”

I guess you could get some pretty things happening with a clever paint job.

By: felix

felix — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:22:41 +0000

Wow, so even with the extra weight of the clay they got ten percent? That’s awesome.

Also don’t worry about how it looks, most people are completely brain dead when it comes to style and just go for what they think everyone else likes. If a couple of these are made by an established popular company and endorsed by a couple of all blacks they’ll just fall into line like they always do.

I can see this going down well with the boy racer crowd too.