Comments on: The Coefficient of FastSkinz

By: areowiz

areowiz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:42:01 +0000

Once a car ecedes around 30 mph the point where the airflow turnes turbulent has already reached the very front of the car. This would mean the fastskinz has no effect unless the car is travling under around 30 mph. Of course it is obvious that if the car is not travling at highwy speeds the amount of gas that fastskinz would save is practicaly nothing.

By: darkstar

darkstar — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:34:12 +0000

As mentioned in the article, I believe the greatest potential for application of these skins would be with fleet vehicles. Assuming they work, and I’m skeptical of some of the claims, they could potentially be very beneficial for companies operating large fleets even if they are a fraction of the efficiency that they say.

Imagine a company such as UPS, which operates countless large vehicles transporting tons of material cross country everyday. Just a few more mpg’s for each truck could add up to millions of dollars in fuel savings.

Again, I’m skeptical. And I agree it doesn’t do much for the look of the car…but if that’s your main concern you should just get a spoiler. I doubt many drivers would go so far as to put this on their car, but if you happen to commute long distance at highway speeds it might be worth considering…

By: godaddy promo code

godaddy promo code — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:59:34 +0000

the engineering is briliant but will people be willing to put up with an ugly car for a 25% efficiency increase? though i guess its just a conept car

By: laser pointer

laser pointer — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:01:27 +0000

the design of the car is very awesome and it is also a gas saver

By: Duc Hoa

Duc Hoa — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:39:49 +0000

I love the design of this car very much and I like the way it save gas, save money for me, I will buy one in the future.

By: Physical Condition

Physical Condition — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:22:10 +0000

be turbulant long before it reaches the rear of the vehicle. And even if the produce does somehow help, a 20% increase in MPG!!!! is an absolute lie, there is no way a product like this would have that great an affect on a vehicles aerodynamics.

If you want to improve your areodynamics you would be better

By: Student

Student — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:41:36 +0000

This is completely false,

I study aerodynamics for my degree and I know for a fact that the bounadry layer will be turbulant before it even leaves the bonnet at most speeds and even at low speeds it will still be turbulant long before it reaches the rear of the vehicle. And even if the produce does somehow help, a 20% increase in MPG!!!! is an absolute lie, there is no way a product like this would have that great an affect on a vehicles aerodynamics.

If you want to improve your areodynamics you would be better of fitting a small rear spoiler with a small radius at the tip to encourage the flow to seperate (flick off the rear) rather than stick to the surface, this would improve theDrag and Lift Force Coefficient on most cars expecially hatch backs and salons however the improvement will be small on estates or square back vehicles. And if you haven’t alread noticed that what most new cars have these days……..

Either the individual how developed this product have no idea about aerodynamics or they are just having a laugh and trying to make some money.

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By: Captain obvious

Captain obvious — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:51:30 +0000

Alex(s) – you guys are kind of stupid, aren’t you?